I just realized, given that most major skiing innovations and innovators have come from Austria or Scandinavia, that skiing wouldn't exist in America to nearly the extent it does IOTL.
Whilst those of us stuck in Europe have all of the skiing
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Whilst those of us stuck in Europe have all of the skiing
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Bulldoggus
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Skiing and Keynsianism! TTL me would defect...Whilst those of us stuck in Europe have all of the skiing
Redshank Galloglass
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So... Guess who's gonna go see the musical Hamilton today....
God, I've been trying avoiding that historical travesty for a while now...
Ugh. I'll see it because the lady likes music, but the mere thought of Alexander Hamilton makes me sick.
God, I've been trying avoiding that historical travesty for a while now...
Ugh. I'll see it because the lady likes music, but the mere thought of Alexander Hamilton makes me sick.
Guys, I don't like being a back seat mod or anything like that, but can we please keep the thread on track? There are social threads if you want to talk with each other more or even by PM. I like seeing you guys contribute here but this is a thread dedicated to providing fan material for the Reds! universe.
I'm not trying to single anyone out but it's a trend I've noticed.
I'm not trying to single anyone out but it's a trend I've noticed.
Redshank Galloglass
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RRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Nah, I'm kidding: Ive seen that trend occur as well (and I would be lying if I wasn't responsible for some of it) so yeah, I'd agree that we should keep the personal discussions to a minimum.
Redshank Galloglass
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Anyways, speaking of Hamilton, would there be a TTL equivalent that focused on a leader of the Red May Revolution? Earl Browder, perhaps?
Redshank Galloglass
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Interesting. I'd probably enjoy a story about Emma Goldman more than Alexander Hamilton.
Redshank Galloglass
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Is there a chance that the I.R.A has more of a Republican Marxist flavor than a Nationalist one?
My great-grandpa fought witht the original RA (then he got shot down by Nationalists in the Civil War) and he was one of Connolly's Republicans. I'd hate to see Ireland turn into the shitstorm it became today because of those Nationalist arseholes.
My great-grandpa fought witht the original RA (then he got shot down by Nationalists in the Civil War) and he was one of Connolly's Republicans. I'd hate to see Ireland turn into the shitstorm it became today because of those Nationalist arseholes.
Bookmark1995
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Yeah, would Radical Irish Republicans ITTL be syndicalist? I can imagine them adopting the ideology, and the UASR arming them under the table, if only to stick it to the FBU.
Frederick Forsyth's The Devil's Alternative,with IRA backed by Irish-Americans instead of Ukrainians?
Loved the book,'tho considering Forsyth is in the FBU their portrayal would be unsympathetic...
Redshank Galloglass
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Only one complaint about the Alt-Hamilton piece, Emma:
WHERES SMEDLEY BUTLER!!!
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WHERES SMEDLEY BUTLER!!!
REEEEEEEEEEE
I was thinking of asking if I could post this in the main thread, with some modifications.
What do you guys think?
Bookmark1995
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Goodbye-Capitalism (1992)
Goodbye Capitalism (Adieu le capitalisme in Quebec) is Canadian film directed by Norman Jewison
It is set in Windsor during the Canadian crisis, and Canada's entry into Comintern.
Harold McFeeney grew up with his mother Ann and his sister Sarah in Windsor, Ontario in the 1960s. Like many Windsorians, he remembers the heavily fortified border between his city and Detroit. His mother became a patriotic, conservative, pro-UK Canadian after their father defected to the US. During the Canadian crisis, Harold ends up in an anti-nuclear demonstration and is arrested by Canadian authorities. Ann who witnesses this, is so shocked she suffers a heart attack and goes into a coma.
While Ann is in her coma, the Canadian crisis ends with Canada's entry into the Comintern. Over the year, a lot changes: the border between Detroit and Winsdor in torn down, Coca-Cola pushes Arctic Cola off the shelf, and the flag of the FBU is replaced with the flag of Comintern. The Catholic church the McFeeney family went to is replaced with a Trinitarian church.
The lives of Harold and Ann are quickly changed too: Harold's job in communications is collectivized, and is surprised by the more open, democratic employment style. He also starts going out with Miranda, a Cuban exile nurse. Her sister, meanwhile, starts spending a lot of time exploring the city of Detroit, and lands a job at a bowling alley on 8 Mile Road..
By the time his mother starts awakening, the city of Windsor has thoroughly embraced communist ideology, and is dressed for the part. Fearing the news of Canada's red turn could give his mother another heart attack, Harold conspires with his equally nostalgic neighbors and some of his coworkers to hide Canada's Red Turn from his mother.
Among this many half-assed attempts at recreating capitalist Canada is his hours long drive throughout Windsor, trying to find the last bottles of Arctic Cola.
The story is mostly a satire of Canadian nostalgia, and Canada's struggle to adapt to a new reality.
Goodbye Capitalism (Adieu le capitalisme in Quebec) is Canadian film directed by Norman Jewison
It is set in Windsor during the Canadian crisis, and Canada's entry into Comintern.
Harold McFeeney grew up with his mother Ann and his sister Sarah in Windsor, Ontario in the 1960s. Like many Windsorians, he remembers the heavily fortified border between his city and Detroit. His mother became a patriotic, conservative, pro-UK Canadian after their father defected to the US. During the Canadian crisis, Harold ends up in an anti-nuclear demonstration and is arrested by Canadian authorities. Ann who witnesses this, is so shocked she suffers a heart attack and goes into a coma.
While Ann is in her coma, the Canadian crisis ends with Canada's entry into the Comintern. Over the year, a lot changes: the border between Detroit and Winsdor in torn down, Coca-Cola pushes Arctic Cola off the shelf, and the flag of the FBU is replaced with the flag of Comintern. The Catholic church the McFeeney family went to is replaced with a Trinitarian church.
The lives of Harold and Ann are quickly changed too: Harold's job in communications is collectivized, and is surprised by the more open, democratic employment style. He also starts going out with Miranda, a Cuban exile nurse. Her sister, meanwhile, starts spending a lot of time exploring the city of Detroit, and lands a job at a bowling alley on 8 Mile Road..
By the time his mother starts awakening, the city of Windsor has thoroughly embraced communist ideology, and is dressed for the part. Fearing the news of Canada's red turn could give his mother another heart attack, Harold conspires with his equally nostalgic neighbors and some of his coworkers to hide Canada's Red Turn from his mother.
Among this many half-assed attempts at recreating capitalist Canada is his hours long drive throughout Windsor, trying to find the last bottles of Arctic Cola.
The story is mostly a satire of Canadian nostalgia, and Canada's struggle to adapt to a new reality.
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QueerSpear
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I did love Goodbye Lenin, it was pretty awesome movie. My favorite part is when the main character goes to West Germany and finds a TV with porn on, along with the Coca-cola banner scene.
Bookmark1995
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My favorite scene in Goodbye Lenin was when the Lenin statue was carried away by helicopter. Talk about an impressive end for a failed ideology.
I think the scene you described would occur in Goodbye Capitalism when the Canadian character strolls into Detroit.
I think the OTL movie was mostly a satire of what they call "Ostalgie", nostalgia for the old East Germany.
ITTL, I bet there would be people who are still nostalgic for FBU-aligned Canada.