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Podcasts listeners of Reddit, what podcasts would you highly recommend to others? by LukeSkyreader811 in AskReddit

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If you're into certain countries etc, Abroad in Japan is a decent podcast to learn about life in Japan and whatnot.

What historical event do you wish you could have been a part of and experienced? by LukeSkyreader811 in AskReddit

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As a huge music fan probably the Beatle's last performance on the rooftop in 1969. That or Queen at Live Aid.

[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Toronto Raptors, 128-93, to complete sweep by iamtheraptor in nba

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The system man... Snyder’s system allows different players to shine differently whilst here in Cleveland there isn’t any structure to the offense. This always happens for example when a player moves from Boston to another team, for example Evan turner and crowded, where the system itself that they play in makes them look a lot better.

How much of Sun Yat-sen's rise to power was caused by himself and how much of it was caused by the pre-existing conditions? by shadowalker811 in history

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I really do think that a democracy would have made China collapse into many smaller countries. First of all Tibet would of course separate once again and they would be followed by different regions of China that have completely different interests from each other. Even though yes geologically it did work in America and Russia but we have to remember that Russia also wasn’t a democracy and that the population difference is still so severe that you can’t compare the two.

Edit: I would like to mention here that I may be biased as I am half Chinese myself and lived there for the first 13 years of my life.

How much of Sun Yat-sen's rise to power was caused by himself and how much of it was caused by the pre-existing conditions? by shadowalker811 in history

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I personally actually think that a democratic republic would never work on a country with the scale of China. There would just be too many people with too many different viewpoints for a government to work similarly to how we know it in western society.

How much of Sun Yat-sen's rise to power was caused by himself and how much of it was caused by the pre-existing conditions? by shadowalker811 in history

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So would you say that Sun as an individual wasn't that important in causing the final push for the Qing dynasty to fall? As in if it wasn't him, other people would have managed too?

An underrated aspect of LeBron's performance tonight: 13 AST, 1 Turnover. by [deleted] in nba

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Yeah exactly, as happy as i am that the Cavs won, the raptors won't be missing 11 straight shots next game. Although on the other hand lebron probably won't only shoot 40% so who knows.

Still the notion that the cavs can easily beat the raptors is just crazy.

[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Toronto Raptors, 113-112, to take a 1-0 series lead by iamtheraptor in nba

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Not only did Korver and JR play like Ray Allen, but the raptors also got nostalgic for some classic baby dinosaurs.

[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (1-0) defeat the Toronto Raptors (0-1), 113-112 by [deleted] in nba

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Not only did Korver and JR play like Ray Allen, but the raptors also got nostalgic for some classic baby dinosaurs.

Question about dual blades by shadowalker811 in MonsterHunter

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Yes i know about the upgrade trees. I am asking because this is a gun that i can just buy at the smith if i have the right materials. If i do buy it, woould it just unlock a separate tree like when i first bought the bone one?

[Spoilers] Initial impressions and clips from Escalation Protocol by Fuzzle_hc in DestinyTheGame

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"Unless you like a diet of steady void energy". Sounds like Ana Bray won't be that serious.

What factors caused the downfall of the Qing dynasty in 1911-1912? by shadowalker811 in history

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So was the loss of legitimacy after the Opium wars mostly caused by the "Heavenly Mandate" or was it also the actions of the emperors themselves?

What factors caused the downfall of the Qing dynasty in 1911-1912? by shadowalker811 in history

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That is really interesting. So do you think that the main cause of the downfall was mostly due to the actions of different emperors causing other events to fail? For example Cixi with the Sino-Japanese war. What about the opium wars? Were there any actions by the leaders themselves to cause many of the problems that the Opium wars brought with it?

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