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In the United States, unfortunately, redistribution of wealth towards anyone except those in abject poverty goes largely ignored, or if it is noticed, is either argued as a positive good or sworn up and down not be be a re-distribution of wealth at all. Hence, the increasing use of Eminent...

That's something to consider, however, as Anarchism - like Libertarianism - disavows most traditional forms of organization and coercion (social or otherwise) and especially those associated with the modern world, it still seems incompatible with the goal providing anything more than the basic...

Well, in the end, all of us who aren't Anarchists or Libertarians could conceivably be viewed as some form of Socialists. The only question really is, once you decide mankind should be chained (for instance, you can't murder or rape whomever you like) how many more chains should you put on...

For this, I think you'd need a medieval POD with Islamic Armies conquering Europe with the aid of African Troops. After the end of the medieval ages, I don't see it happening, sans WWIII.

It is very close to ASB, however, even acknowledging that, I suppose it is remotely possible with the right mixture of Civil War tweaks. Off the top of my head, I'm imagining an earlier (1864) Lincoln assassination, with Seward and Hamlin also being killed, combined with a burning New York...

Although it is one of my favorite topics, I'll say it again....America has two historical origin points. 1) The Secular, Capitalistic, Individualistic Tobacco Planters of Virginia and 2) The Religious, Socialistic, Communal Puritans of Massachusetts. Basically the North / South divide which runs...

More guerrilla warfare would have helped, but first and foremost, the Mexicans probably needed better cannons and a better trained artillery corps. That probably could have turned the outcome.

Afte a brief bit of research, the whole 70% of Brazil is genetically European seems to be a Y chromosome / X Chromosome issue. While not necessarily a falicy, it would be more properly stated that 70% of Brazil has Y chromosomes from European fathers. For those who don't understand genetics...

Well, it seems to me that there a different types of people / men. Frankly, some men are very if not only able to form meaningful realtionships with other men, while still prefering to have sex with women, or not having any desire to have sex with their "best friends.' For a classic example, I...

True, but how likely is that. I'd think that the best bet (unlikely but more possible) is the South Adopting a defensive war strategy. And for this to happen, I think you'd probably need paradoxically the Union to win the first several battles. Indeed, the South might have fared better / held...

Who knows what McClellan would do. I do think, it's as likely as not that he'd find some excuse to continue the war, though. He strikes me as more of a "Lincoln is not the right man to fight the war," than a "The war shouldn't be fought" personality.

Well, South Africa was a good candidate for a white settler colony largely because (according to the historical record) it was only settled by the farming Africans tribes shortly before the Europeans arrived. (The lighter skinned (in truth or tradition) hunter gather people - the Khoisan - were...

Yeah, that's pretty much the biggest misconception about slavery....that slaves were uniformly used for picking cotton or agricultural work. Indeed, I was watching the BBC Copper series, in which a black man (to me obviously) from the North is a "doctor". In truth, if you needed a black...

The real "effect" is that there are many more 9/11 families than OTL, which makes them a political force in the country some 16-17x what they historically were. (And providing for them that much more expensive.) I suspect this in itself would have ramifications, both for U.S. politics and the...

Yeah, I liked him. But I suppose the religious dude's death was meant to be a statement. On the other hand, I felt he was a more interesting character than most turtledove fare.

Nope, not correct at all. Section 3, Article 3 of the Constitution defines treason, in part, as levying war against the united States. Now, while the definition of war might be debatable, no reasonable definition could consider the Confederacy and those involved in it as doing anything but...

Eh, his sex scenes are okay. It's just become cultural baggage to hate them now. As far as plausibility, I doubt the CSA would have achieved cohesiveness, but for what remains, it seems reasobable.

It's not that hard really. Have the South do better in the war, but still be on trajectory towards loss when Lincoln is assassinated. I suspect, had Lincoln been assassinated in early 1864 this might have been a result, McClellan or not... Old Abe was a good leader, but it's not like the...

Maybe something in the Far East. Suppose Japan Collapse, and Britain tries to move in, and is opposed by an young American officer who get's killed at British hands. this is the type of freak thing that could lead to both sides feeling their oats and becoming more aggressive....

Well, Lincoln died in 1881, so one has to imagine what the country might have looked like had without the "Father" in the white house for so long. It's difficult to imagine, for sure it's even possible...