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    A New Deal for America: An Alternate History of the Late 1970s & Beyond

    Even though Jackson is hawkish - especially compared to Jimmy Carter's foreign policy - perhaps the Iranian Revolution is somehow avoided by Jackson? Different policy means different results. And no Iranian Revolution would mean no Iran-Iraq War but more importantly no high gas prices, the...
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    Would a developed China or India overtake the US in global pop culture?

    No. English is also the language of free speech. You don’t have anybody on the Internet censoring speech in English. English is also a more neutral language, sharing grammar and - heck, the lettering - with other languages. Chinese is also incredibly difficult to learn. The U.S. Foreign Service...
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    AHC: agricultural collectivisation a mainstream social democrat policy

    Collective farming was implemented by the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Plantation, so perhaps if collective farming is implemented earlier on a society due to religious or cultural norms. Or maybe high food prices in an highly urbanized society? Welfare is more common in urban populated states anyways..
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    WI: 50/50 Electoral College Split in 2000

    Hehehe poor Al Gore. Just a VP who wants to stay in the White House for another term but he's forced to elect his own VP running mate to stay around. It's like your boss is making you select your replacement, except that boss is a document written over two centuries ago.
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    A new place for Euro Disney

    I'm happy you figured out that it was a joke! Your concerns about the infrastructure of Moscow had me quite worried.
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    A new place for Euro Disney

    You're exactly right, that's another bonus to a Moscow Disneyland - nobody could criticize it if they're incapable of taking humor! It'd truly be a utopia for the ages.
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    A new place for Euro Disney

    But imagine a Disneyland without any safety regulations whatsoever. There would be considerable less cost in terms of maintenance. Imagine a Disneyutopia, where - yea sure sometimes ppl fall off the rides and injure/die - but there's a ride for anyone without all the silly safety regulations...
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    A new place for Euro Disney

    Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, so if you want a different place for the same time period... how about Moscow? No Hollywood blockbuster or automobile could spread American consumerism faster than a Disneyland Nothing says "We Won The Cold War" better than putting a Disneyland in Moscow Snow...
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    A 9-11 attack in 1975

    Considering the energy crises in the 1970s as well, the United States would probably be looking to alternate energies other than oil a lot harder than in OTL to distance itself from any dependence on the Middle East.
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    WI: United States Uses the Atomic Bomb In Demonstration Before Using It On Japan

    The fascist regime of Japan would definitely not share the news of this weapon to its prevailing population already on it's heals from the firebombing. Politically, Japan could go two ways. Either they might be inclined to surrender earlier in fear of their own lives, or they could perceive the...
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    A New Deal for America: An Alternate History of the Late 1970s & Beyond

    Hop onto the Henry M. Jackson train! Lloyd Bentsen for VP? Radical energy independence bill for this second New Deal? American ownership of Panama Canal forever and ever?! Grabs excessive amounts of popcorn - Subscribed! Even if this goes a different direction, I'm intrigued with Jackson's name...
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    Is it possible to have a technocracy?

    Well, in the modern era you could have an 'electronic direct democracy' where massive nations are actually able to exert democracy via voting through the internet. Societies have long been deemed too large to allow democracy function but ironically, with more humans than ever, alas it is...
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    What's the biggest WW1 could have been?

    I'm surprised I haven't seen a bigger mention of India. With the British incorporating Indian troops, or an earlier American entry, all easily would've added more troop count but expanding the zones of conflict significantly is more difficult to imagine.
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    Alternate Names for Western Canada

    If Canada is a kingdom then why don't you merely name the Western province after the monarch's name, spouse's name, or House name?
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    AHC: Republican Party renames itself Conservative Party

    I think the Republican Party would choose to retain its name to maintain its association with Abraham Lincoln, notably considering Lincoln's overlooked political stances that were fairly liberal for the time and not Conservative.
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