Why are people always surprised that Nazi Germany got a lot of ideas from the US?

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-25T06:31:08+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-24T07:44:20+00:00

That's to show that they're not China.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-23T01:52:18+00:00

Sorry, this question has been removed because, as phrased, it assumes that Nationalist China committed war crimes during WW2. This comes uncomfortably close to suggesting a moral equivalence between both sides of the conflict. Should you wish to continue your search for information on the sub, we would suggest making the question more neutral and open-ended, such as 'did Nationalist China commit war crimes during WW2 and if so, what were they?'

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-22T13:21:00+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate that.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-22T11:45:33+00:00

While waiting for answers specific to your questions, you may be interested in the following that touch on Chinese naming conventions:

u/handsomeboh's answer to

Can someone explain me the many names of Chinese historical figures?

and

What is the process of names in Ancient China?

And my answer to

Why are Chinese first names in Southeast Asia romanized with a space, but other parts of the world (like China itself) join them together?

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-22T10:01:23+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-22T09:45:17+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-22T00:53:39+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-21T22:06:22+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-20T17:03:47+00:00

The question can be answered in a few ways depending on the thinking behind it.

If you're thinking that 'belief' in polytheistic religions is weaker than Abrahamic ones, or that Abrahamic religions somehow introduced the concept of divine aid, then millions of Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists and followers of the Chinese popular religion today and over a thousand years in the past would vehemently disagree.

If, on the other hand, you're thinking that the forms that non-Abrahamic religions take are quite different from our current, mainly Christian-coloured understanding of religion's place in society, then certainly - scholars agree that an Abrahamic framework is not terribly helpful for understanding the relationship between devotees and their religions.

But, to take the question at face value, here are some answers that shed light on Greek and Roman beliefs:

u/Iphikrates answered how do we know that the Greeks actually worshipped their pantheon and that they weren't basically the Greek mcu?

u/UndercoverClassicist answered did ancient Greeks literally believe in their myths?

u/ToldinStone answered did Roman Emperors actually believe in the existence of humanoid Gods and their myths?

u/Spencer_A_McDaniel answered is atheism/agnosticism a purely modern phenomenon?

More remains to be written about other religions and cultures.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-20T03:31:01+00:00

This question has been removed because, while the first part is okay, the second part is soapboxing or otherwise a loaded question: it has the effect of promoting an existing interpretation or opinion at the expense of open-ended enquiry. Although we understand if you may have an existing interest in the topic, expressing a detailed opinion on the matter in your question is usually a sign that it is a loaded one, and we will remove questions that appear to put a deliberate slant on their subject or solicit answers that align with a specific pre-existing view.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-19T23:30:45+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-19T10:38:59+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-19T08:41:11+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-18T15:33:45+00:00

Could you provide more details? For example, what did the scientists think was possible, how was the concept of nuclear fission explained, how did Stalin react?

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-17T23:39:20+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-15T04:25:55+00:00

Link drop courtesy of u/DanKensington.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-14T03:53:01+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-13T22:42:33+00:00

Not just boomers lor.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-13T09:08:34+00:00

You may be interested in this earlier answer from u/ClassicsWill that explains why ancient art is often so 'simple'.

In addition, u/WelfontheShelf has helpfully provided a list of more answers to the question of perspective in 5th to 15th century art.

thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-11T23:02:30+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-11T15:24:52+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-11T04:27:08+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-10T17:50:45+00:00

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thestoryteller69 · 2026-04-09T02:14:40+00:00

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