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Then we posit that the people of Taiwan make it clearly known that they wish to be under Japanese governance, until such time that the US agrees. The point is: it happens. This scenario posits the KMT does not flee to Taiwan and is crushed on the Mainland. It also posits Japan losing Taiwan...

In this scenario, the alternative is to hand over Taiwan to the CCP, at the height of the Cold War.

Thats not what ASB means.

First off: Yes, this is insanely unlikely, as demonstrated here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-japan-retain-taiwan-with-wwii-going-mostly-the-same.511050/ But lets just assume that some unlikely sequence of events takes place that results in Taiwan ending up as a part of...

Borders in the Middle East were quite fluid - and, to a certain extent, they still are. So, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, could the Kuwaitis have ended up with control of the region around the Ghawar field? Putting them, no the Saudis, in control of one of the best oil fields in the entire...

Are you sure?

Let us assume that, in the years leading up to 1914, the more autocratic of the major European monarchies (Russia most of all, but also Germany and Austria) all embrace constitutional reforms that result in monarchies that are much closer to the British model. They may not be quite as...

I really think you'll see almost the exact same leaders in industrialization as in our history, just with safer factories.

There’s a limit to how much a slave owner could force their female slaves to have children. Risking their health could backfire quite quickly. Meanwhile, 50% of those births aren’t going to help take advantage of the market pressures imposed by this program. As to how much it costs, I already...

There is a limit on how many slaves can be born in a given year, and that limit is even lower when female slaves are being emancipated.

Three states out of many. Those riots were in NYC, were they not? A city prone to riots.

I don't think that is likely. In fact, with steam driving mechanical power directly, through belt systems, decentralized power was preferred. By introducing electrical power generation quicker, the disadvantages of early steam is removed earlier, so, we're actually likely to see massive power...

Heck, not just displacing them sooner, but reciprocating engines would be very niche, relatively speaking. They'd still have their uses, of course, but I have to think that turbines - perhaps rudimentary at first -would be the primary way of turning steam into useful power from almost the...

Interesting detail that I hadn’t counted on. I imagine this is before some of the larger American copper mines came online?

Yes, but as a system, subways did not really take off until they were electrified.