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Why this dark challenge? Because I think it would be interesting to see the socio-political impacts it would have, as well as what would be required for it to happen. But basically, have it where the United States experiences the same level of terrorism over its time as the United Kingdom...

Since I think this is the highest Academy Award a film can win, I now have a challenge for our film fans here. Make a horror movie win Best Picture. Considering the view of horror films typically, this should be quite difficult, but this is a challenge for a reason.;)

The idea of this thread came from how well... horrible the two choices of China really are in the 20th century in regards to political choice. Considering it has the world largest population... that's a shame. Since I'm trying to find a more optimistic TL, I think this should be part of it...

Basically, prevent the hormonal treatment from happening to him. Whether that means him running to the United States, or getting rid of the law banning homosexuality in the United Kingdom, find a way to prevent Alan Turing's suicide at 41. Additionally, could he have contributed more if he...

To be more specific, here are the conditions I'm looking for. 1. It's a brutal attrition war that has little progress for years at a time on any front. 2. It's much grayer. No Holocaust, and both sides must be equal in regards to their willingness to commit massacres. 3. It causes...

Specifically, no Clinton style Neo-Liberalism. Now, what you have instead if your decision, but the moderate left can't use the ideology of the government paying businesses to do services for it, among other things within it. Here's wiki's overview for more details...

Basically, make New York City sink to the level of Detroit. What would it take? What would it take to make New York City, probably one of the wealthiest cities on Earth, sink to the level of Detroit with the whole abandoned structures and massive poverty on display elsewhere? Is this even...

I keep hearing about militants in the Labour Party that were apparently Trotskyites and the like. I don't know when they first appeared, but here's a challenge to see how much potential they had politically. What would it take them to succeed? Keep in mind, here, that can mean successfully...

Snake Featherson said this. Okay, this makes me wonder, what would happen if someone tried to make this into a film? What if someone made a realistic depiction of the Partisan conflict in countries under Nazi occupation? For how it's made... well, perhaps an anniversary movie in Europe...

What I find interesting is that the Iron Guard of Romania is the only example of a religious Fascist state, and so I pose this question. What if there were more Fascist states that were highly religious? What if, for example, there was a Fascist movement that was explicitly Protestant or a...

What I mean by this is what if instead of the Iraqi conflict of 1991, which I think was the next major conflict that the United States was directly involved in after Vietnam, something... rather different happened. Instead, what if turned into another guerrilla campaign. Another grinding...

Specifically, with a POD as early as you want, here is my challenge. Have 5 or fewer countries in all of Europe by 2000 A.D. This includes the British Isles, and Scandinavia. Yes, I realize this is rather unlikely, however I'm giving you a VERY long time to accomplish it in. Unlike in Post 1900...

(POD: Stalin died in the Russian Civil War. Otherwise, know this TL will be… a bit jumpy in regards to chronology.) "The USSR isn't going anywhere, and we know it. So why do we build more guns and bombs to fight it? Why do we waste our time and lives on it?" Leader at a Peace Rally, 1993...

Keep in mind, just ONE. I'm not asking for multiple in a row, I'm not asking for the Vietcong to easily beat US forces in a one on one fight. What I'm asking for is that the Vietcong win, and obviously to some extent, one direct confrontation with US forces. The reason I ask for this is...

This is an AH challenge I have for myself, so help in refining this concept is welcome. With that in mind, this is my basic TL for a world that lacks superpowers by the 21st century. Keep in mind, this is a basic TL, and will probably need refinement, but that's why I'm going here to get...

Why? Emergency crews aren't able to respond fast enough, causing the other parts of the reactor to collapse that didn't in OTL, spilling out radiation over Eastern Europe, more of Russia, and who knows where else. Now why this happens, I don't know, that's for elsewhere. Rather, this is here...

Why is the US technocratic? Basically, FDR gets assassinated, Garner proves to be ineffective, and eventually, technocrats take the US government, while getting to institute their economic/social policies. I have three questions for this scenario. 1. How does the world view a...

When I mean realistic, I mean depiction of actual military tactics at the time, and how the military procedures actually worked. Additionally, things like actors speaking the language they're supposed to for the region they're in. Basically, on the level of, "Battle for Algiers," which was quite...

Before you say this is impossible, there was actually a somewhat significant technocratic movement in Germany before the Nazis(Sorry, don't have exact numbers, but I can dig around for them if you wish.) Besides, this is AH, we find the solutions to these challenges.:D With that in mind, have...

Keep in mind, I mean on the verge of war levels. They must be like the United States and the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, at best. And yes, because of where we are, you must find a way to do this with a point of divergence within the 20th century. I ask this because it would...