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And so much more interesting than the cheesy way to do this in CK3 (use meritocracy perk to fab a claim on the French throne before conquering england then swear fealty to the HRE and fab a claim on that).

Didn’t expect as much response to an admittedly silly challenge. Yay! Quite an interesting scenario. What do you see happening to Philip’s position in France in it?

Just a silly challenge inspired by screwing around in Crusader Kings 3. Have William the Conqueror elected Holy Roman Emperor, ideally without interfering too much with his conquest of England.

I’d say this is the best starting point. - Italy is reconquered more easily, foothold in Spain is maintained and ultimately all of Spain is reconquered. Byzantines don’t bother with France, rely on Alps/Pyrenees as a border. Byzantines hold off eventual Arab expansion better. - Age of discovery...

So to bump this, some likely legal outcomes to consider. I’m going to assume there will be cases similar to the historical ones that resemble them closely enough to have identical facts, and just look at how the rulings might change. Thats a huge assumption, admittedly. - Any alt-Cruikshank...

Pensions were a common request of labor in this time period. Plus, in the most basic of plans, nothing stops a worker from selling their new stock the day they get it. Its effectively a semi-annual bonus, if you look at it that way.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans were developed by Louis Kelso, who later co-authored a book on the topic (and economic justice in capitalist systems in general), titled somewhat cheekily, The Capitalist Manifesto. http://www.kelsoinstitute.org/pdf/cm-entire.pdf The basic gist is pretty...

Re-read what I wrote, particularly the beginning. The argument of the secessionists was that slavery had to be able to expand. It is their premise that is baseless and doesn’t make sense.

Really, thats what I was saying?

Cite where I say a single word about industrialization.

I agree with the general consensus in this thread, and I’d like to offer my own interpretation: the entire political and economic premise of secession was self-defeating. The soon-to-be Confederates believed that even blocking the expansion of slavery, while respecting it where it stood...

Background: http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/3/The-Slaughterhouse-Cases https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/83/36/ The ruling in Slaughterhouse did two things: gut the Privileges or Immunities clause out of the 14th Amendment and postponed - but not prevented - the possibility of...

The President has no formal power to do anything regarding Amendments. Plus, it still has to clear all the states.

How feasible would this be: In some smoke filled backroom during all the fighting in 1912, someone works out a compromise. Maybe this is during the GOP convention, when Roosevelt was still battling for the nomination, maybe its after he splits off, and party bosses realize he'll probably split...

Its not that I think an anglo-mixed population under British rule would be the problem in forming something like the United States. What is a problem is that, if there's a vibrant, well-populated civilization in the Mississippi valley during the colonial era, then the lands of the Mississippi...

When can the POD be? And how recognizable does the US have to be? This would be very tough. In Latin America, there are plenty of countries with majority Mestizo populations. I would imagine some way of maintaining the Mississippian civilization would be best. That gives you an opportunity to...

Here's what we'll assume: The KMT wins the Chinese Civil War. Mao and his followers are completely defeated The Republic of China then follows the trajectory that many were hoping People's Republic would follow: a few decades of gradually softening authoritarianism, followed by democratic...

Syndicalism is a pretty popular trope in alternate history, and often pops up as an alternative to communism. With this in mind, what would happen if the syndicalists fared better in the Russian Revolution, such that syndicalist policies were generally adopted? I have ideas, but my grasp of...

Not really possible. Beyond the legal considerations, nothing would stop other immigrants from overwhelming this state demographically.

Assume the Crusade of Varna goes swimmingly, and the Ottomans are defeating resoundingly. How much land - if any - do you think the Crusaders would give to the Byzantines?