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Jiraiyathegallant replied to the thread WI: Miami was a major airline destination.Doesn’t Miami have two of the largest airports in the US with Fort Lauderdale and Miami International? With their combined traffic Miami...
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Jiraiyathegallant posted the thread How far does Communism spread if the US is disinterested? in Alternate History Discussion: After 1900.If the US had decided in the early stages of the Cold War that Communism is just a fad that will fade within a few generations and fail...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to Prince Ire's post in the thread What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL? with
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The System Peace people also announced in January that the US now only qualified as an anocracy having fallen to a 5 on the Polity IV... -
Jiraiyathegallant replied to the thread Better 20th Century for France?.“Better at what?” is the question. Some people would say a total Communist takeover would be the best, some would say a restoration of...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to Korlan's post in the thread What if the US found actually found Nuke’s in Iraq? with Like.
There was a very funny joke at the times in the french satirical puppet show "Les Guignols de l'info". During the joke, an US official...
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Jiraiyathegallant posted the thread What if the President after the Cold War decides to begin to begin a draw down from the world? in Alternate History Discussion: After 1900.What if after the Cold War ended, Bush Sr. (or an alternative President) decided that maintaining a large presence overseas is a waste...
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Jiraiyathegallant replied to the thread AHC: A feasible anarcho-monarchy.Anarcho-Capitalism is tried somewhere. Communities are quickly formed on ideological and religious lines. Small scale wars and...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to SealTheRealDeal's post in the thread What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL? with Like.
Doesn't exactly scream perfect score now does it? An 8 point difference though? I'm not a Kaiserboo, but you don't have to be one to...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to Riain's post in the thread What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL? with Like.
Germany was still a democracy in 1916-18, the Reichstag still sat, the Kaiser and his Government still operated, there was no coup. The...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to Sārthākā's post in the thread What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL? with Like.
France going Commie in particular on this one. France's ruling government in ww1 was socialist. So why would the rebels against a...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to Deleted member 94680's post in the thread What are some cliches in a Central Powers victory TL? with Like.
Wilhelmine Germany being Nazis with better moustaches because Germans are bad France becoming a right-wing dictatorship under the...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to Anglocalvinist67's post in the thread Vietnam, a unwinnable war? with Like.
From a purely military perspective I think the US could have won the war with bloody minded enough tactics such as, for example, bombing...
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Jiraiyathegallant replied to the thread WI No Enlightenment?.I feel like something that makes this tough is trying to specifically define the Enlightenment. All kinds of thinkers thought all sorts...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to GuildedAgeNostalgia's post in the thread AH discussion: Domino theory correct? with Like.
Yes, based off the Definition of Domino Theory, it did happen, although much of it occurred before the Theory was created. Also, are we...
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Jiraiyathegallant reacted to mial42's post in the thread Earliest self-rule for India as a part of the British Empire with Like.
This is a ridiculous argument. North America's share of GDP has gone from ~50% of the world in WW2 to ~25% today. Americans are not...