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I wonder whether it might set a precedent of rewriting the constitution after every momentous event. E.g. an alt-WWII.

The constitution of the United States was the result of compromise between those who wished to centralize the various states, and those who valued their states independence. In that early period, one was more likely to identify as a denizen of their particular state than as an American. The...

The easiest way to "wank" Ethiopia is to preserve the Roman-Persian militarized border in Mesopotamia, which routed east-west trade through the Red Sea, which the Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum controlled up until the Arab conquests. I'm actually working on a timeline to this effect, though it's...

Certainly they are different methods of structuring society, but each are fundamentally anti-capitalist. Therefore, the leading capitalist regimes would fear the implementation of an anarchist confederation just as much as a Soviet Republic. The one reservation I have with that scenario that...

Is in our timeline. We can play a little bit here. The success of Pan-Africanism does not necessarily mean the creation of some African unitary state. It could mean the proliferation of a set of values which prioritize the health of "the people" (ideally the African people, in practice the...

I was intentionally vague, as I wanted to allow for an unstructured discussion. One commonality I notice is the emphasis on what Europe might have done differently to improve the lot of Africans. For my part, I can not see colonizing powers acting with any sort of benevolence towards the peoples...

What POD provides the best outcome for the people of the African continent? Change any one thing at any point in the twentieth century.

I'm not sure who the obvious Truman alternative would have been. Perhaps FDR would have fought to keep Wallace on the ticket. Now that would have had some interesting butterflies.

Still interested in this idea. Anyone have anything else to add?

Could you explain this, please?

Economist William L. Silber argues in When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy (2008) that the United States came very close to having a major financial panic in 1914, as a consequence of the outbreak of World War...

I suspect you're right about Debs, which has very interesting implications. If Debs is getting 15% nationally, he's likely getting ~25% in certain western states. The immediate impact might be to swing the election to the democrats (though probably not enough to throw the election). Long-term...

I'd be happy to collaborate with you on this project, but I can't commit to spearheading it.

Thanks for this, Star Eater. I'm looking forward to your next project!

Maybe some POD in the 10th century could keep Britain a warzone for longer and simultaneously unify Ireland under one polity, allowing Ireland to be the hegemonic power over the British isles rather than England. This would set the stage for Ireland to be a major player in the Age of...

All I know about Majorian is what I remmeber from Gibbon's section on him. Am I right in thinking that Majorian was generally one of the more competent later emperors, and that the purpose this POD is to try and salvage and recognizable Western Roman Empire?

How about we don't declare it closed. That's the authors place. We just wait.

Bush Jr is the only answer.

I expect there would be some sort of class-based revolt of white yeoman (particularly on the western frontier) some time between the French Revolution (which I expect to happen as OTL, unless the American Revolution is crushed very early) and maybe 1820. The next revolt is likely to be...

Lyacon, I thought you might enjoy this article in The New Yorker. You might even email the author.