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General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July of 2012. Voters elected a new president of the republic, 550 members of the national Chamber of Deputies, and 132 members of the national Senate. Additionally, several gubernatorial elections were held on the state level, with seven of Mexico's 37 states voting for a new governor. As established in the 1978 constitution, the president of Mexico cannot serve more than a single six-year term, meaning president Leonardo Gonzales could not be reelected. The election for the office of president came down to a contest between Andres Obrador, Felipe Calderon, Joaquin Castro, and Arturo Jimenez.
El Partido de los Trabajadores Mexicanos ("Party of the Mexican Workers" in English), led by Obrador, received a plurality of the vote in the presidential election and picked up 31 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, taking them to a five-seat majority. El Partido de la Reconstrucción Moderada ("Party of Moderate Reconstruction" in English), under Felipe Calderon, came in second, with El Partido del Revolución Institucional ("Institutional Revolutionary Party" in English), following as a close third in both major elections. This was the second ever election since 1988 in which the PRI did not rank among the top two vote-getting parties, with many former PRI strongholds shifting to the PTM in 2006, with even more following in 2012.
The libertarian Partido Libertad came in fourth, making it the first ever fourth-place party to win a plurality or majority of votes in any state during any election. This was mainly due to a low turnout or high turnover rate among those who had voted for "establishment parties" like the PRM and PRI in the past. Attempts by the PTM to get Libertad into a coalition after the election failed entirely, leaving PTM alone in a relatively weak government.
The PRI and PRM have put all apparent focus into mobilizing support from voters in 2018, especially from those of whom who voted in 2000 and 2006, but failed to vote in 2012. The near consensus in both parties is that a lack of voter interest led to Lopez Obrador's election, and that the damage that the actions of his administration have caused to the Mexican economy, combined with strong establishment campaigning, will lead to PTM's decline back into relative obscurity. Polls for the 2018 election are close, with PTM holding a slight lead over PRI, followed by PRM in third by a margin of about four to five percent.
Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh child of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. At the age of 18, Kennedy enlisted in the New York Army, rapidly rising in status to become a Private E-2 in the span of just two years, despite not having any formal higher education. Kennedy saw action in western Russia and eastern Belarus during the Allied counter-invasion of the Soviet Union, before returning home in 1947 to attend Harvard for a BA, from which he graduated in 1949. He received his law degree from Massachusetts Federal College in 1952.
Kennedy practiced law as a private lawyer for four years, later choosing to run for a seat in the House of Representatives in 1956, where he would go on to serve for just over four years. Kennedy was picked by president Irving Ives as Secretary of Foreign Affairs due to his experience with law and international relations. Kennedy seemed publicly hesitant for several months before finally making up his mind and joining Ives' cabinet in February of 1961. His tenure is most often known for advances in civil rights and labor rights in foreign nations, and Kennedy's generally socially liberal advocacy. Kennedy also made a name for himself by tackling the Mafia in the American Union, the group being a force that had until then held significant political power in New York, Midatlantica, and Florida. In regards to foreign policy, he openly opposed New York's support of fascist China as a "necessary evil" and New York's involvement in the Mexican Civil war.
Kennedy ran for president in 1968, defeating the Liberal Party's Margaret Chase Smith and Compromise's Kenny O'Donnell, who he described as "exploiting the image" of president Ives, who was extremely ill during the campaign and died only three weeks after Kennedy took office (although it is often speculated that the attacks on O'Donnell came from a disagreement between the two, who had formerly been friends, which arose due to Ives' illness). During his presidency, Kennedy gained a reputation for honesty and morality, often taking the high ground against foreign heads of state who he viewed as dishonest or tyrannical; the most notable being USAS Secretary-General James Allen and Chinese President Yen Chia-kan.
In 1999, Kennedy became the longest-retired president in New York's history, surpassing Thomas Dewey, who had died in 1971.
Articles of De-Confederation:
New York Legislative election, 2008
New York Progressive Party
Midatlantica Legislative election, 2017
Carolina Presidential Election, 2017; Matt Watson
Cabinet of President Bob Casey Jr.
Mexican General election, 2012; Robert F. Kennedy
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French Presidential Election, 2017; Xu Qiliang
El Partido de los Trabajadores Mexicanos ("Party of the Mexican Workers" in English), led by Obrador, received a plurality of the vote in the presidential election and picked up 31 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, taking them to a five-seat majority. El Partido de la Reconstrucción Moderada ("Party of Moderate Reconstruction" in English), under Felipe Calderon, came in second, with El Partido del Revolución Institucional ("Institutional Revolutionary Party" in English), following as a close third in both major elections. This was the second ever election since 1988 in which the PRI did not rank among the top two vote-getting parties, with many former PRI strongholds shifting to the PTM in 2006, with even more following in 2012.
The libertarian Partido Libertad came in fourth, making it the first ever fourth-place party to win a plurality or majority of votes in any state during any election. This was mainly due to a low turnout or high turnover rate among those who had voted for "establishment parties" like the PRM and PRI in the past. Attempts by the PTM to get Libertad into a coalition after the election failed entirely, leaving PTM alone in a relatively weak government.
The PRI and PRM have put all apparent focus into mobilizing support from voters in 2018, especially from those of whom who voted in 2000 and 2006, but failed to vote in 2012. The near consensus in both parties is that a lack of voter interest led to Lopez Obrador's election, and that the damage that the actions of his administration have caused to the Mexican economy, combined with strong establishment campaigning, will lead to PTM's decline back into relative obscurity. Polls for the 2018 election are close, with PTM holding a slight lead over PRI, followed by PRM in third by a margin of about four to five percent.
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Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (born November 20, 1925) is a New York politician and lawyer who served as the 33rd President of New York. Before serving as president, Kennedy worked as New York's Secretary of Foreign Affairs as part of the Compromise Cabinet, which pulled members of the Progressive, Liberal, and Compromise parties for cabinet positions, of 32nd president Irving Ives. Before working in the Presidential Mansion from 1961 to 1976, Kennedy was a member of the House of Representatives, where he represented the now defunct constituency of Mission Hill, just west of Boston. Kennedy has remained politically active since the end of his presidency, and received a Birkeland Prize in 1992 for his work in improving impoverished communities in eight of the ten American Union states.Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh child of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. At the age of 18, Kennedy enlisted in the New York Army, rapidly rising in status to become a Private E-2 in the span of just two years, despite not having any formal higher education. Kennedy saw action in western Russia and eastern Belarus during the Allied counter-invasion of the Soviet Union, before returning home in 1947 to attend Harvard for a BA, from which he graduated in 1949. He received his law degree from Massachusetts Federal College in 1952.
Kennedy practiced law as a private lawyer for four years, later choosing to run for a seat in the House of Representatives in 1956, where he would go on to serve for just over four years. Kennedy was picked by president Irving Ives as Secretary of Foreign Affairs due to his experience with law and international relations. Kennedy seemed publicly hesitant for several months before finally making up his mind and joining Ives' cabinet in February of 1961. His tenure is most often known for advances in civil rights and labor rights in foreign nations, and Kennedy's generally socially liberal advocacy. Kennedy also made a name for himself by tackling the Mafia in the American Union, the group being a force that had until then held significant political power in New York, Midatlantica, and Florida. In regards to foreign policy, he openly opposed New York's support of fascist China as a "necessary evil" and New York's involvement in the Mexican Civil war.
Kennedy ran for president in 1968, defeating the Liberal Party's Margaret Chase Smith and Compromise's Kenny O'Donnell, who he described as "exploiting the image" of president Ives, who was extremely ill during the campaign and died only three weeks after Kennedy took office (although it is often speculated that the attacks on O'Donnell came from a disagreement between the two, who had formerly been friends, which arose due to Ives' illness). During his presidency, Kennedy gained a reputation for honesty and morality, often taking the high ground against foreign heads of state who he viewed as dishonest or tyrannical; the most notable being USAS Secretary-General James Allen and Chinese President Yen Chia-kan.
In 1999, Kennedy became the longest-retired president in New York's history, surpassing Thomas Dewey, who had died in 1971.
New York Legislative election, 2008
New York Progressive Party
Midatlantica Legislative election, 2017
Carolina Presidential Election, 2017; Matt Watson
Cabinet of President Bob Casey Jr.
Mexican General election, 2012; Robert F. Kennedy
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French Presidential Election, 2017; Xu Qiliang
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I think this is now a little series.
The province of Jamaica is Canada’s most southern province, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea with a mountainous landscape with world-famous beaches. Inhabited originally by many First Nations people including the Arawak and Taíno peoples. The island would first come under Spanish rule in 1494 and was named Santiago. It would remain a colony of Spain until 1655 when Great Britain would reconquer it and rename it Jamaica. It would become one of Britain’s most prosperous colonies due to it’s sugar production. In 1892, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald and British Prime Minister Marquess of Salisbury would sign an agreement, ceding Jamaica to Canada with territorial status. Therefore on August 4, 1893, Jamaica formerly became a territory of Canada. This would begin an era known as the “Times of Troubles” as Canadian businessmen and companies would exploit the resources and people of Jamaica for the country’s economic benefit. This would worsen when Wilfred Laurier would become Prime Minister as he put severe restrictions on immigration from Jamaica to Canada, diminishing any chance that life in Jamaica would become better. In, when Robert Borden would be swept into power, granting Jamaica some rights, including voting rights but only for black men. Women wouldn’t receive voting rights until the 1940s. They lifted some immigration restrictions, including allowing only Jamaican families to immigrate to Canada. Around the same time period, on June 7, 1912, The Bahamas entered Confederation, becoming Canada’s 10th province. Jamaica would continue to have territorial status until 1959 when after Diefenbaker was elected into power with a 208 seat majority government, he liberalized Canada’s immigration laws and finally in 1960, Jamaica would join Confederation as Canada’s 12th province, ending a long and tumultuous chapter in Canadian history.
On the federal level, Jamaica was historically a stronghold for the PCs for several years as many Jamaicans saw the party as the ‘liberators’ from the horrible times of the past. For several years, the delegation of Jamaican MPs would contain at best one Liberal and at worst zero. In the 1968 federal election, Pierre Trudeau would make several campaign stops in Jamaica, including his now infamous ‘Kingston Rally’ where he would admit to Jamaicans that the Liberals were historically not welcoming to Jamaica joining confederation, but that the times had changed and the Liberal Party saw Jamaica as equal to every other province. Trudeau pleaded with Jamaicans that the future was bright and with a vote for the Grits would continue that. This would have a significant impact as on Election Night, the Liberals for the first time would capture a majority of the province’s seats with the NDP making breakthrough. The province would become a Liberal stronghold for the decades up until the 2011 federal election where the party fell to third place against the Tories and the NDP. Although this wouldn't last long as in the 2015 federal election, the Liberals swept all 11 of Jamaica's ridings. Among the most famous federal politicians to come from Jamaica are Conservative cabinet minister Audley Shaw and former NDP House Leader Portia Simpson-Miller.
On the provincial level, the Progressive Conservatives (PC) dominated provincial politics for decades even when the Liberals would hold the majority of Jamaica’s MPs. This would include the era known as the ‘Big Blue Days’ where the PCs would govern uninterrupted for 31 years from 1962-1993. The Jamaican wing of the PCs was much more liberal economically than the rest of the party while more controversially it was the most socially conservative wing of the party. Despite this the PCs would still hold onto their power until 1993 where the Liberals would for, government and sweep all but 7 of the province’s ridings. The government would go onto win two consecutive elections (1997 and 2002). In the lead-up to the 2007 provincial election, it was revealed that both the Liberals and the PCs while in power siphoned public funds to use for their electoral campaigns, this resulted in the New Democratic Party shooting up in the polls and the incumbent Liberals and PCs falling dramatically with some polls even showing that the Liberals and PCs could fall short of party status. On Election Night, the people of Jamaica elected their first NDP government led by former NDP House Leader, Portia Simpson-Miller. After this, the PCs would make a dramatic shift right-ward under Bruce Golding's leadership and the party that once had a grip on power was heading into obscurity. On the night of the 2011 Election, the NDP captured a historic majority while the Liberals rebounded due to the party positioning itself as the centre-right alternative, the PCs were wiped out and fell into chaos with the party eventually being disregistered by Elections Jamaica. Meanwhile, the fledging Jamaican National Party gained it's first ever seat in the Assembly. The Liberals would then sever ties with the federal party and adopt a conservative platform.
Heading into the 2017 election, the polls showed that the Liberals under Andrew Holness had a commanding lead over the NDP lead by incumbent Premier Portia Simpson-Miller with the JNP led by Peter Phillips in a distant third. The Grits ran on a platform of change, saying that Jamaicans want and deserve change that would be for the better. The NDP meanwhile were defending their record in government, touting their social and economic policies. The JNP would position themselves in the centre, with a mix of both conservative and liberal policies and promising to stand up for Jamaica within Confederation. The polls would stay in the same general pattern up until the last two weeks where the JNP surged ahead of both parties and was leading opinion polls for the first time with some suggesting a possible minority government led by Phillips. As election night dawned, the race for the Premier's chair had become a three-way race.
The Liberals won 29 seats, 3 short of a majority while the NDP lost 16 seats and a significant chunk of the popular vote from 2011. The surge for the JNP was materalized but wasn't as high as expected although the party gained 7 seats for a total of 8. Andrew Holness would be sworn in as Premier alongside his cabinet, leading a Liberal minority government that could at anytime come crashing down.
Liberals: centre-right, neoconservatism, economic liberalism
New Democratic Party: centre-left, social democracy
Jamaican National Party : centrism, Jamaican regionalism, nationalism
Elections
The province of Jamaica is Canada’s most southern province, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea with a mountainous landscape with world-famous beaches. Inhabited originally by many First Nations people including the Arawak and Taíno peoples. The island would first come under Spanish rule in 1494 and was named Santiago. It would remain a colony of Spain until 1655 when Great Britain would reconquer it and rename it Jamaica. It would become one of Britain’s most prosperous colonies due to it’s sugar production. In 1892, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald and British Prime Minister Marquess of Salisbury would sign an agreement, ceding Jamaica to Canada with territorial status. Therefore on August 4, 1893, Jamaica formerly became a territory of Canada. This would begin an era known as the “Times of Troubles” as Canadian businessmen and companies would exploit the resources and people of Jamaica for the country’s economic benefit. This would worsen when Wilfred Laurier would become Prime Minister as he put severe restrictions on immigration from Jamaica to Canada, diminishing any chance that life in Jamaica would become better. In, when Robert Borden would be swept into power, granting Jamaica some rights, including voting rights but only for black men. Women wouldn’t receive voting rights until the 1940s. They lifted some immigration restrictions, including allowing only Jamaican families to immigrate to Canada. Around the same time period, on June 7, 1912, The Bahamas entered Confederation, becoming Canada’s 10th province. Jamaica would continue to have territorial status until 1959 when after Diefenbaker was elected into power with a 208 seat majority government, he liberalized Canada’s immigration laws and finally in 1960, Jamaica would join Confederation as Canada’s 12th province, ending a long and tumultuous chapter in Canadian history.
On the federal level, Jamaica was historically a stronghold for the PCs for several years as many Jamaicans saw the party as the ‘liberators’ from the horrible times of the past. For several years, the delegation of Jamaican MPs would contain at best one Liberal and at worst zero. In the 1968 federal election, Pierre Trudeau would make several campaign stops in Jamaica, including his now infamous ‘Kingston Rally’ where he would admit to Jamaicans that the Liberals were historically not welcoming to Jamaica joining confederation, but that the times had changed and the Liberal Party saw Jamaica as equal to every other province. Trudeau pleaded with Jamaicans that the future was bright and with a vote for the Grits would continue that. This would have a significant impact as on Election Night, the Liberals for the first time would capture a majority of the province’s seats with the NDP making breakthrough. The province would become a Liberal stronghold for the decades up until the 2011 federal election where the party fell to third place against the Tories and the NDP. Although this wouldn't last long as in the 2015 federal election, the Liberals swept all 11 of Jamaica's ridings. Among the most famous federal politicians to come from Jamaica are Conservative cabinet minister Audley Shaw and former NDP House Leader Portia Simpson-Miller.
On the provincial level, the Progressive Conservatives (PC) dominated provincial politics for decades even when the Liberals would hold the majority of Jamaica’s MPs. This would include the era known as the ‘Big Blue Days’ where the PCs would govern uninterrupted for 31 years from 1962-1993. The Jamaican wing of the PCs was much more liberal economically than the rest of the party while more controversially it was the most socially conservative wing of the party. Despite this the PCs would still hold onto their power until 1993 where the Liberals would for, government and sweep all but 7 of the province’s ridings. The government would go onto win two consecutive elections (1997 and 2002). In the lead-up to the 2007 provincial election, it was revealed that both the Liberals and the PCs while in power siphoned public funds to use for their electoral campaigns, this resulted in the New Democratic Party shooting up in the polls and the incumbent Liberals and PCs falling dramatically with some polls even showing that the Liberals and PCs could fall short of party status. On Election Night, the people of Jamaica elected their first NDP government led by former NDP House Leader, Portia Simpson-Miller. After this, the PCs would make a dramatic shift right-ward under Bruce Golding's leadership and the party that once had a grip on power was heading into obscurity. On the night of the 2011 Election, the NDP captured a historic majority while the Liberals rebounded due to the party positioning itself as the centre-right alternative, the PCs were wiped out and fell into chaos with the party eventually being disregistered by Elections Jamaica. Meanwhile, the fledging Jamaican National Party gained it's first ever seat in the Assembly. The Liberals would then sever ties with the federal party and adopt a conservative platform.
Heading into the 2017 election, the polls showed that the Liberals under Andrew Holness had a commanding lead over the NDP lead by incumbent Premier Portia Simpson-Miller with the JNP led by Peter Phillips in a distant third. The Grits ran on a platform of change, saying that Jamaicans want and deserve change that would be for the better. The NDP meanwhile were defending their record in government, touting their social and economic policies. The JNP would position themselves in the centre, with a mix of both conservative and liberal policies and promising to stand up for Jamaica within Confederation. The polls would stay in the same general pattern up until the last two weeks where the JNP surged ahead of both parties and was leading opinion polls for the first time with some suggesting a possible minority government led by Phillips. As election night dawned, the race for the Premier's chair had become a three-way race.
The Liberals won 29 seats, 3 short of a majority while the NDP lost 16 seats and a significant chunk of the popular vote from 2011. The surge for the JNP was materalized but wasn't as high as expected although the party gained 7 seats for a total of 8. Andrew Holness would be sworn in as Premier alongside his cabinet, leading a Liberal minority government that could at anytime come crashing down.
Liberals: centre-right, neoconservatism, economic liberalism
New Democratic Party: centre-left, social democracy
Jamaican National Party : centrism, Jamaican regionalism, nationalism
Elections
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Part of an expansion on the universe of this infobox.Cascade Republic (Capital: Oregon City)
Rossi: Bitterroot (Capital: Missoula), Yamhill (Capital:Eugene), Champoeg (Capital: Boise), Oregon (Captial: Salem)
Goerning: Clackamas (Capital: Seattle), Twality (Capital: Portland)
Hahaha I like the references to the Simpsons and Futurama 'Slurm' 'Buzz Cola.'Part of an expansion on the universe of this infobox.
Also Fallout.
Though it's a bit weird to associate them with a company that really exists IOTL.
A series about different places being ATL provinces of Canada?
Why does that sound familiar?
JK- Love the map and the box.
A series about different places being ATL provinces of Canada?
Why does that sound familiar?
JK- Love the map and the box.
Thank you and no worries, their won't be any Maine-in Canada infoboxes or anything of that matter here.
Julian Felsenburgh, Lord of the World
While researching old dystopian novels, I came across a curious book called Lord of the World, published in 1907. It's an old Catholic screed denouncing the dangers of secularism and socialism. Over the course of the twentieth century, religion in the West gradually fades away as socialism becomes the dominant political system. There are three dominant superstates by the present day. In the United States, it is William Randolph Hearst who leads the Socialist Revolution. (Given I made Hearst a dictator in my signature timeline, I found it validating to have another author recognize Hearst's dystopian potential, although in my timeline Hearst is a quasi-Fascist.) The successor state, the American Republic, consists of the whole Western Hemisphere. The author, Monsignor Benson, predicted the European Union- here the European Confederation- which is here led by Marxists. Also, the official language of Europe is Esperanto, which Benson viewed as Satanic because it promoted international unity... or something. I suppose the Esperantist movement was more relevant in 1907, but Benson really does give Esperanto a poor shake. Africa remains under the colonial control of Europe. The final superstate is the Eastern Empire, which is a typical Yellow Peril cliche. The Emperor is a descendant of both Japanese and Chinese royalty; so it seems Japan and China decided to merge for some bizarre reason. The Eastern Empire controls most of Asia, and is in a Cold War with Europe.
Anyway, the main antagonist and titular Lord of the World is Julian Felsenburgh, who is all but stated to be the Antichrist. Felsenburgh is, get this, a socialist senator from Vermont. Now in this future (which roughly takes places in our present), all American Senators seem to be socialist, but Benson specifically pinpointed Vermont as a place which would have a socialist Senator in the early 21st Century. Felsenburgh is in his early 30s, so he's too young to literally be Bernie Sanders. Nevertheless, he is a charismatic and well-spoken advocate of socialism who is immensely popular and is treated like a rock star. Felsenburgh embarks on an international speaking tour while negotiating between the Eastern Empire and Europe. He is multilingual, and somehow convinces the peoples of Asia to launch a socialist Revolution which overthrows the Emperor. Despite being a foreigner, Felsenburgh is made dictator of Asia. Felsenburgh continues on his speaking tour to Europe; and he quickly becomes President of Europe. As President, he violently persecutes the remnants of the Catholic Church, which is the only remaining opposition to Felsenburgh's secular Marxist regime. God finally intervenes at the end and destroys the world.
I updated the names slightly so that this Alternate History would be more grounded in actual 20th century history. For the purposes of this infobox, Japan is the founder and dominant nation of the Eastern Empire, which I renamed the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Here, Japan won the Second Sino-Japanese War and kept going unchecked in it's conquest of Asia and Australia. The European Confederation is here the European Union. And of course, I made Julian Felsenburgh literally Bernie Sanders. Now I don't believe there will be an Antichrist; and I think that Bernie Sanders is mostly benevolent. Nevertheless, I still find it hilarious that Benson pinpointed Vermont of all places (which in 1907 was heavily Republican and conservative) as the origin for his Socialist Antichrist. It seems only one other internet forum has recognized the resemblance between Felsenburgh and Sanders. If Sanders runs for President again, I suspect we will hear more about this novel. I think it likely some prominent far-right figure will cite this book as evidence Sanders is the Antichrist. If Sanders wins the 2020 presidential election, then Benson will have successfully predicted his presidency over a hundred years in advance, despite getting nearly everything else wrong. (Seriously, what's wrong with Esperanto?)
While researching old dystopian novels, I came across a curious book called Lord of the World, published in 1907. It's an old Catholic screed denouncing the dangers of secularism and socialism. Over the course of the twentieth century, religion in the West gradually fades away as socialism becomes the dominant political system. There are three dominant superstates by the present day. In the United States, it is William Randolph Hearst who leads the Socialist Revolution. (Given I made Hearst a dictator in my signature timeline, I found it validating to have another author recognize Hearst's dystopian potential, although in my timeline Hearst is a quasi-Fascist.) The successor state, the American Republic, consists of the whole Western Hemisphere. The author, Monsignor Benson, predicted the European Union- here the European Confederation- which is here led by Marxists. Also, the official language of Europe is Esperanto, which Benson viewed as Satanic because it promoted international unity... or something. I suppose the Esperantist movement was more relevant in 1907, but Benson really does give Esperanto a poor shake. Africa remains under the colonial control of Europe. The final superstate is the Eastern Empire, which is a typical Yellow Peril cliche. The Emperor is a descendant of both Japanese and Chinese royalty; so it seems Japan and China decided to merge for some bizarre reason. The Eastern Empire controls most of Asia, and is in a Cold War with Europe.
Anyway, the main antagonist and titular Lord of the World is Julian Felsenburgh, who is all but stated to be the Antichrist. Felsenburgh is, get this, a socialist senator from Vermont. Now in this future (which roughly takes places in our present), all American Senators seem to be socialist, but Benson specifically pinpointed Vermont as a place which would have a socialist Senator in the early 21st Century. Felsenburgh is in his early 30s, so he's too young to literally be Bernie Sanders. Nevertheless, he is a charismatic and well-spoken advocate of socialism who is immensely popular and is treated like a rock star. Felsenburgh embarks on an international speaking tour while negotiating between the Eastern Empire and Europe. He is multilingual, and somehow convinces the peoples of Asia to launch a socialist Revolution which overthrows the Emperor. Despite being a foreigner, Felsenburgh is made dictator of Asia. Felsenburgh continues on his speaking tour to Europe; and he quickly becomes President of Europe. As President, he violently persecutes the remnants of the Catholic Church, which is the only remaining opposition to Felsenburgh's secular Marxist regime. God finally intervenes at the end and destroys the world.
I updated the names slightly so that this Alternate History would be more grounded in actual 20th century history. For the purposes of this infobox, Japan is the founder and dominant nation of the Eastern Empire, which I renamed the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Here, Japan won the Second Sino-Japanese War and kept going unchecked in it's conquest of Asia and Australia. The European Confederation is here the European Union. And of course, I made Julian Felsenburgh literally Bernie Sanders. Now I don't believe there will be an Antichrist; and I think that Bernie Sanders is mostly benevolent. Nevertheless, I still find it hilarious that Benson pinpointed Vermont of all places (which in 1907 was heavily Republican and conservative) as the origin for his Socialist Antichrist. It seems only one other internet forum has recognized the resemblance between Felsenburgh and Sanders. If Sanders runs for President again, I suspect we will hear more about this novel. I think it likely some prominent far-right figure will cite this book as evidence Sanders is the Antichrist. If Sanders wins the 2020 presidential election, then Benson will have successfully predicted his presidency over a hundred years in advance, despite getting nearly everything else wrong. (Seriously, what's wrong with Esperanto?)
Nice. I’m not sure Margaret would live to be 91 though. She was a heavy smoker and drinker even before Peter Townsend. I do think she’d live longer though as it wouldn’t escalate that bad. She’d probably be in her early to mid 80s when she passes.
The Crown
The Crown is an American historical period drama, created by Baz Luhrmann, written by Luhrmann and Terence Winter, and broadcast on premium cable channel HBO. The show chronicles the history of the United States starting from the post-war period, primarily focusing on the royal family and federal government of the United States. The first season starts with the end of the war and ends with the death of King George V and accession of King George VI. A second season is currently in production, which will follow the early years of the reign of George VI.
The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese at the behest of Terence Winter, who previously collaborated with Scorsese on Boardwalk Empire. The first season had an additional nine episodes. It was met with widespread critical acclaim for its acting, directing, style, production value, and historical accuracy. The show also received several accolades, with Bruce Underhill winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George V, while the show was nominated for another 11 awards.
Episodes (Season 1)
Cast (season 1)
The Crown is an American historical period drama, created by Baz Luhrmann, written by Luhrmann and Terence Winter, and broadcast on premium cable channel HBO. The show chronicles the history of the United States starting from the post-war period, primarily focusing on the royal family and federal government of the United States. The first season starts with the end of the war and ends with the death of King George V and accession of King George VI. A second season is currently in production, which will follow the early years of the reign of George VI.
The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese at the behest of Terence Winter, who previously collaborated with Scorsese on Boardwalk Empire. The first season had an additional nine episodes. It was met with widespread critical acclaim for its acting, directing, style, production value, and historical accuracy. The show also received several accolades, with Bruce Underhill winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George V, while the show was nominated for another 11 awards.
Episodes (Season 1)
Cast (season 1)
Jason Huddleston as Prince Thomas, later King George VI. Huddleston will reprise the role in season 2.
Bruce Underhill as King George V. The legendary actor made his first screen appearance for the first time in 13 years, ending his retirement from acting to play the role.
Bruce Garrett as Prince Robert, the eldest son of King George V, who is later removed from the succession and replaced by his brother Thomas.
Eve Bannerman as Josephine, Princess Thomas, later Queen Josephine. Bannerman was nominated for several awards for her portrayal of the beloved queen.
Moira Janson as Queen Sarah, wife of King George V.
Betsy O'Neill as Hannah, Princess Robert.
Colin Palmer as Prince Peter, the youngest surviving son of the king and queen.
Kenzie Triggs as Louise Sterling, Princess Peter. The Australian actress was the first cast for the role due to noted resemblance to the real princess.
Sidney Brooke as Oliver Lincoln, the widowed husband of the late Princess Victoria. Lincoln, Prince Thomas's best friend, pursues several high profile affairs, negatively contributing to the image of the royal family.
Norm Conway as Robert A. Taft, Prime Minister of the United States (1951-1953).
LeRoy Foster as William Knowland, Prime Minister of the United States (from 1953).
May Winston as Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former Prime Minister Franklin D. Roosevelt and a friend of Queen Sarah.
Guest starsBruce Underhill as King George V. The legendary actor made his first screen appearance for the first time in 13 years, ending his retirement from acting to play the role.
Bruce Garrett as Prince Robert, the eldest son of King George V, who is later removed from the succession and replaced by his brother Thomas.
Eve Bannerman as Josephine, Princess Thomas, later Queen Josephine. Bannerman was nominated for several awards for her portrayal of the beloved queen.
Moira Janson as Queen Sarah, wife of King George V.
Betsy O'Neill as Hannah, Princess Robert.
Colin Palmer as Prince Peter, the youngest surviving son of the king and queen.
Kenzie Triggs as Louise Sterling, Princess Peter. The Australian actress was the first cast for the role due to noted resemblance to the real princess.
Sidney Brooke as Oliver Lincoln, the widowed husband of the late Princess Victoria. Lincoln, Prince Thomas's best friend, pursues several high profile affairs, negatively contributing to the image of the royal family.
Norm Conway as Robert A. Taft, Prime Minister of the United States (1951-1953).
LeRoy Foster as William Knowland, Prime Minister of the United States (from 1953).
May Winston as Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former Prime Minister Franklin D. Roosevelt and a friend of Queen Sarah.
Manley Law as Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Prime Minister of the United States and later Secretary General of the United Nations. A close friend and frequent adviser to King George V.
Greg Harlan as W. Averell Harriman, Prime Minister of the United States (1946-1951).
William Bradford as Prince John, elder brother of King George V.
Greg Harlan as W. Averell Harriman, Prime Minister of the United States (1946-1951).
William Bradford as Prince John, elder brother of King George V.
Her mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, smoked eight cigarettes a day, and drank like a trooper, I am hoping that being in a marriage with the one she loves would boost her mentality on living a good life, as well as enjoying the country life in France. I'd like to think that living to the age of 91 isn't too ASB.
Found the wikipedia page on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_World
Apparently even Pope Francis believes it is prophetic so... this is very fascinating
You’re likely right. I’m probably exaggerating on my part due to the effects of smoking on the male side of the family.
Edward (VIII) Duke of York, smoked heavily and suffered depression, leaving his crown and country, and lived to a reasonable 77.
Still, he wasn’t that healthy in his older years and he did die of throat cancer.
Here are the presidential elections from the universe of Scandal.
Warning, spoilers are ahead:
In 2010, it seems that Fitzgerald Grant will lose to Samuel Reston but in a last minute attempt to save the election, they rig voting machines in Defiance County, Ohio which ultimately leds Grant to win Ohio and therefore the election by a slim margin. In 2014, it's revealed that Fitz had an affair with both Olivia Pope and Jeannine Locke (even though the latter affair never took place), he would face calls to resign or be impeached but he still manages to hang onto office. VP Sally Langston announces she'll run as an independent candidate against both Grant and Reston, who becomes the Democratic nominee once more. It seems that Langston will become the first independent president but then on the eve of Election Day, Fitz's son collapses onstage which is revealed to have been an assassination orded by Rowan (Eli) Pope, Olivia's father who is Command of B613 as a way of 'helping' her. This leads Fitz to win re-election in a landslide. Heading into 2018, Senator Mellie Grant is declared the Republican nominee after VP Susan Ross drops out of the race, meanwhile Governor Frankie Vargas is declared the Democratic nominee, defeating Senate Majority Leader, Edison Davis. The election would come down to San Vento County where Vargas would pull through, defeating Grant. During his acceptance speech, Vargas is shot and killed onstage. This throws the entire nation into chaos as it isn't clear who would be president come Jan 20. It was revealed that his running mate and former White House Chief of Staff, Cyrus Beene orchastrated the assassination. This would later prove false as it was revealed that his wife, Luna Vargas paid two people (Peus and Ms. Ruland) to influence and control Mellie.They also order Rowan (Eli) to assassinate Vargas or else his daughter will be killed. It's also revealed that she ordered Peus to start drone attacks on American cities to further the chaos.
In a sign of "unity," Mellie names Luna as her VP. Jake and Olivia, who the latter has now become Command of B613 orders Luna to take pills that will appear as if she died of a heart attack. Both Peus and Ms. Ruland are killed and it's revealed that Cyrus was the one who planted the idea in Luna's head. Cyrus then becomes VP while Olivia becomes Chief of Staff. Cyrus would later resign the vice presidency as he tried to get Mellie impeached in order for him to get into the Oval. He would be replaced by Susan Collins. (Note this is where the storyline ends, this all presumptions and ideas up until 2030.) In 2022, Mellie Grant is riding the waves with the highest approval ratings in 7 years. She once agains becomes the Republican nominee, fending off a challenge from Senator Tom Cotton. In a more surprising result, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio surged through the primaries, becoming the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeating Senator Cory Booker who in a surprising move was named his VP nominee. With polls showing a tight race, no one knew what election day would hold. Grant performed better than expected, winning states like New Hampshire and Colorado while de Blasio massively underperformed, failing to win the key swing states. Grant would go on to become the first female president to win two consecutive elections. Going into 2026, Tom Cotton riding a wave of populism swept the Republican primaries and caucuses, defeating Collins and becoming the nominee. Meanwhile for the Democrats, former vice-presidential nominee Cory Booker would win the nomination, narrowly defeating Sherrod Brown and becoming the Democrats nominee. The respective VP nominees were Scott Walker and Gavin Newsom. The election was widely seen as an opportunity for the Democrats to return to the Oval. In a shocking series of events on Election NIght, Tom Cotton delievered an upset and narrowly won the presidency despite losing the popular vote to Booker. (Note once again: this is the point where the storyline comes back.) In the series finale, a picture of Olivia is hung on the second floor of the National Arts Gallery, where only portraits of presidents are hung. This alludes to Olivia possibly becoming President of the United States at some point in the future. The scenario I envision is that Cotton's policies become very unpopular and so a blue wave helps Olivia Pope ride her way to the Oval Office, winning in a landslide
This was much longer than expected.
Warning, spoilers are ahead:
In 2010, it seems that Fitzgerald Grant will lose to Samuel Reston but in a last minute attempt to save the election, they rig voting machines in Defiance County, Ohio which ultimately leds Grant to win Ohio and therefore the election by a slim margin. In 2014, it's revealed that Fitz had an affair with both Olivia Pope and Jeannine Locke (even though the latter affair never took place), he would face calls to resign or be impeached but he still manages to hang onto office. VP Sally Langston announces she'll run as an independent candidate against both Grant and Reston, who becomes the Democratic nominee once more. It seems that Langston will become the first independent president but then on the eve of Election Day, Fitz's son collapses onstage which is revealed to have been an assassination orded by Rowan (Eli) Pope, Olivia's father who is Command of B613 as a way of 'helping' her. This leads Fitz to win re-election in a landslide. Heading into 2018, Senator Mellie Grant is declared the Republican nominee after VP Susan Ross drops out of the race, meanwhile Governor Frankie Vargas is declared the Democratic nominee, defeating Senate Majority Leader, Edison Davis. The election would come down to San Vento County where Vargas would pull through, defeating Grant. During his acceptance speech, Vargas is shot and killed onstage. This throws the entire nation into chaos as it isn't clear who would be president come Jan 20. It was revealed that his running mate and former White House Chief of Staff, Cyrus Beene orchastrated the assassination. This would later prove false as it was revealed that his wife, Luna Vargas paid two people (Peus and Ms. Ruland) to influence and control Mellie.They also order Rowan (Eli) to assassinate Vargas or else his daughter will be killed. It's also revealed that she ordered Peus to start drone attacks on American cities to further the chaos.
In a sign of "unity," Mellie names Luna as her VP. Jake and Olivia, who the latter has now become Command of B613 orders Luna to take pills that will appear as if she died of a heart attack. Both Peus and Ms. Ruland are killed and it's revealed that Cyrus was the one who planted the idea in Luna's head. Cyrus then becomes VP while Olivia becomes Chief of Staff. Cyrus would later resign the vice presidency as he tried to get Mellie impeached in order for him to get into the Oval. He would be replaced by Susan Collins. (Note this is where the storyline ends, this all presumptions and ideas up until 2030.) In 2022, Mellie Grant is riding the waves with the highest approval ratings in 7 years. She once agains becomes the Republican nominee, fending off a challenge from Senator Tom Cotton. In a more surprising result, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio surged through the primaries, becoming the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeating Senator Cory Booker who in a surprising move was named his VP nominee. With polls showing a tight race, no one knew what election day would hold. Grant performed better than expected, winning states like New Hampshire and Colorado while de Blasio massively underperformed, failing to win the key swing states. Grant would go on to become the first female president to win two consecutive elections. Going into 2026, Tom Cotton riding a wave of populism swept the Republican primaries and caucuses, defeating Collins and becoming the nominee. Meanwhile for the Democrats, former vice-presidential nominee Cory Booker would win the nomination, narrowly defeating Sherrod Brown and becoming the Democrats nominee. The respective VP nominees were Scott Walker and Gavin Newsom. The election was widely seen as an opportunity for the Democrats to return to the Oval. In a shocking series of events on Election NIght, Tom Cotton delievered an upset and narrowly won the presidency despite losing the popular vote to Booker. (Note once again: this is the point where the storyline comes back.) In the series finale, a picture of Olivia is hung on the second floor of the National Arts Gallery, where only portraits of presidents are hung. This alludes to Olivia possibly becoming President of the United States at some point in the future. The scenario I envision is that Cotton's policies become very unpopular and so a blue wave helps Olivia Pope ride her way to the Oval Office, winning in a landslide
This was much longer than expected.
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