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  1. Could fascism survive to the present without WW2?

    I think it's not even na equivalent as much as it is just a rebranding. Baathism's founder literally reworded Mussolini's views on vanguardism (being also inspired by Lenin) amongst other things XD

  2. How antisemitic would a Gnostic majority Europe end up being?

    This is a lot harder to answer than you may think. Gnosticism didn't technically exist, but is a historical construct that refers to various trends that share common elements (and can in and of themselves lead to radically different theologies). For example, the most widespread gnostic faith...

  3. I would love to bring it back, but don't really have the time these days unfortunately :/

    I would love to bring it back, but don't really have the time these days unfortunately :/

  4. Why do people on this site unanimously agree that a Nazi European victory via defeating the USSR in Fall Blau and ceasefire with west is impossible?

    This is why we need a term that describes improbability without it being ASB. My favourite hypothetical for this is Napoleon. During his coronation, he COULD have shot the Pope and declared himself the antichrist, but it's so much of a break from what would realistically happen that it's absurd...

  5. An Unfalsifiable Book of Mormon

    The los Lunas rock is one of those things where the Wikipedia article makes it seem like there is a chance it's not a forgery, but in general terms it's pretty thoroughly debunked. Also there's a strong chance that Smith couldn't have used it as the Mormon church itself is one of the probable...

  6. An Unfalsifiable Book of Mormon

    So some other things to consider, the framing of which I will put in response to the following post I think there is a degree to which we can't steelman said motivations. Although Joseph Smith did indeed intend to proslelytize to native americans, I think we have to work somewhat under the...

  7. An Unfalsifiable Book of Mormon

    So the POD is a more historically comparable BOM? I think the easiest way to handle that is to make a mythology centered on the separation of the continents. So rather than being something that makes specific historical claims, it only needs to talk about how god interacted with the people over...

  8. AHC: Buddhist teaching, belief, and monasticism spread to southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean world in Ancient or Classical Age

    Might be me you are thinking of. Whilst I am not too sure how strongly I still align with Buddhism, I have indeed made posts before talking about their incompatibility. Neo-Platonism and Buddhism are very philosophically opposed. There is a lot to cover, but essentially Buddhism grew in...

  9. AHC: Satanism becomes a major Abrahamic faith.

    Depending on the extent to which we consider something "Satanism", I could see a sort of pro-satan "simonianism". The quotation marks are important here as I think it's worth distinguishing this hypothetical Simon Magus based belief system from the later movement which bore his name (but held...

  10. A Light Shines East: The World of a Christian Persia

    This gives me really strong Hermeticism vibes. Vaballathus as Hermes Tris Megistus and an Egyptianised Neoplatonism etc.

  11. AHC: Make Steppe Nomad Warfare Viable for As Long As Possible

    This is fundamentally the core issue. The successes of the Mongol era occured at a time when the nature of human civilization meant that the dynamics of steppes warriors (basically every male) meant that they could fight on par or beyond the abilities of the more populous sedentary...

  12. USA conquers the Entire Anglosphere? USA+ CANZUK?

    In defence of Paradox modders, they are ultimately balancing both alternate history and game mechanics. The odd ahistorical choice here and there might feel weird whilst still being good for the mod. For example, the "Burgundian system" in the popular Nazi cold war mod (can't remember what it's...

  13. USA conquers the Entire Anglosphere? USA+ CANZUK?

    ...what? By 1900, Britain already has a history of multiple wars to protect its American interests. I've no idea why you think Britain wouldn't fight for Canada, but I assure you that any nation trying to conquer British territory (and a huge, continent spanning one at that) is definitely going...

  14. USA conquers the Entire Anglosphere? USA+ CANZUK?

    Huey Long didn't (to the extent of my knowledge or the article in question) have a desire to conquer the Anglosphere. Also, William_Walker is pre-1900. I'm not sure why you think this is possible, or desirable to any significant historical figure. The US conquering and holding any one major...

  15. What if Jesus was a conqueror?

    Sometime after the crucifixion would require the ASB forum. To be clear, that's not a dig at Christianity, but more that it's the more appropriate forum when it comes to magic.

  16. AHC: Gnosticism becomes primary school of thought in Christianity.

    So there seems to be some major misconceptions about gnosticism in the previous posts. The biggest one being that gnosticism isn't actually a singular thing. It's a catch-all term for various religious schools that took a somewhat anti-material stance, and is labeled as a historical model. A...

  17. What revolutionary technologies did OTL miss?

    You need those for the fine control of modern skateboards, whilst this is intended just to make going in straight lines faster (naturally with a little bit of turning as most wheels can do).

  18. What revolutionary technologies did OTL miss?

    They wouldn't be comfortable, but should still be skateable. After all, said roads were historically travelled on with wheels. I imagine however that if their potential had been realised, more effort would be put into smoothing said roads

  19. What revolutionary technologies did OTL miss?

    I've discussed this a few times elsewhere, but Pneumatic weaponry is a really interesting AH WI. For a long while, they could be stronger than their powder equivalents and their smokelessness could have resulted in very different approaches to conflicts between two armies (more akin to modern...

  20. Most Extreme Pre-Modern Ideology?

    Definitely. They were rarely as codified or as well branched out, but conscious political ideology is a very old concept (see early Chinese history for example).
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