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  1. 1973 Chile Coup Happens But No Pinochet Dictatorship

    What would have happened if Augusto Pinochet and other Chilean military officers had launched the September 11th 1973 coup that overthrow Salvador Allende but had relinquished power relatively quickly and allowed (at least mostly) free elections within a few months or at most a year? While I...

  2. Effects of Typing Being Inefficient

    Suppose that due to cultural blindspots regarding keyboard layout and typing education that it is no more efficient for the vast majority of people to type on a typewriter than to write by hand despite typewriters being invented. This cultural blindspot continues for generation even when and if...

  3. Consequences of an 18th Century (Pre-ARW) "Great Reform Act" Equivalent in Britain

    As sort of a companion to the other thread, what would be the consequences of an earlier, even if a weaker version, of a Great Reform Act in Great Britain that eliminated rotten boroughs, gave representation to newer population centers, and expanded the franchise prior to the American...

  4. AHC: Limited democracy in a Marxist-Leninist/Communist State

    As the title indicates, what are the most likely paths for a Marxist-Leninist state to incorporate some limited democratic features including real elections into its political system while still maintaining Party supremacy? I have in mind an Iranian-style political system where competitive...

  5. No 1960s-90s Crime Spike in the US and Its Consequences

    What sort of PODs would avoid the increase in the violent crime in the United States from the late 1960s onwards that continued until the early 1990s? Many different causes have been attributed to the elevated violent crime rate of this period, both during those years and afterwards ranging from...

  6. Pavane by Keith Roberts

    Pavane is an alternate history collection of short stories set in the same setting by Keith Roberts, with the POD being Elizabeth I's assassination in 1588 leading to England's conquest by the Spanish Armada, the total defeat of Protestantism in Europe, and the Catholic Church holding sway over...

  7. Mussolini on Trial

    If Benito Mussolini had somehow avoided being killed by partisans at the end of World War II and instead put on trial, what would it have looked like? Would he have been tried by the Italian government or by the Allied powers? It seems to me OTL, most trials of Italians were conducted by the...

  8. AHC: A Blind or Deaf President

    What are the most plausible scenarios for the United States electing a President who is either blind and/or deaf? Try to avoid scenarios where the President becomes blind or deaf after assuming office.

  9. Hitler Dies in 1923...Most Likely Outcome for Germany

    Assume Adolf Hitler was killed during the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. What would be the most likely outcome of how German would evolve politically assuming the Great Depression happens on schedule?

  10. Prime Minister Peter Shore

    How could Peter Shore end up being elected leader of the Labour Party and eventually become Prime Minister of the UK? What would a Shore government look like in terms of Cabinet composition and policy?

  11. July 20th Plot Delayed/Never Happens

    What is Claus von Stauffenberg and others involved in the July 20th plot had decided to delay overthrowing Hitler until a more opportune moment? Assuming that the Gestapo does not simply uncover the plot with the mass executions and purges like OTL minus the coup attempt, there are two...

  12. How long does Hussein's regime last in Iraq without 2003 Iraq War?

    How long would Saddam Hussein's dictatorship in Iraq have lasted without the US invasion of Iraq in 2003? Even if Saddam had died, I'm treating a continued Baathist dictatorship either under one of his sons or some other Baath Party figure as the regime surviving.

  13. Most US States have 16 as Age of Consent

    In OTL, age of consent varies by states from 16 to 18 years of age but pop culture/attitudes generally treats 18 as the age of consent regardless of state. How could 16 end up being the age of consent for most US states and this *being reflected* in cultural attitudes as is the case in most...

  14. Keep One Confederate General Loyal to the Union

    Which Confederate general staying loyal to the Union would have been of the greatest military advantage to the US government?

  15. Fascist or Socialist Churchill

    What if Winston Churchill had ended up converting to some form of socialism or fascism during his political career? While he was from a distinguished political family and hardly an outsider, that didn't preclude individuals such as Oswald Mosley from being proponents of extreme ideologies. Note...

  16. MLK Lives, Alternative Holiday for Blacks in the US?

    Suppose Martin Luther King Jr. had not be assassinated and lived a relatively long life, well into his 80s if not later. One direct effect of King living longer would be that it would be extremely unlikely Martin Luther King Day would become a national holiday in the 1980s due to him being a...

  17. Which of these potential US Presidents in 1945 would have used atomic bombs against Japan?

    I've listed some potential US Presidents who could have been in Harry Truman's stead in 1945 and if they would have used the atomic bomb against Japan in the August of that year assuming the strategic situation in World War II was broadly similar to OTL.

  18. Most Plausible POD for a British Republic Post-Restoration?

    After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, what is the most plausible POD for the British monarchy to be overthrown and another republic established in its stead? Relatively popular PODs seem to involve the French Republic successfully invading Ireland and then promoting a revolution in...

  19. Gnostic Revival as Fascist State Religion

    This is sort of a multi-part what-if but how could you get a large-scale revival of Gnosticism in the late 19th or early 20th Centuries that results in it being able to be used by a fascist movement of some kind as a state religion or at the very least state supported doctrine (similar to German...

  20. Bin Laden Killed in October 2010

    What if the SEAL raid to kill Osama Bin Laden had occurred several months earlier in October 2010? Would the Democratic Party been able to do better in the upcoming midterm elections and thus blunt the rise of the Tea Party somewhat?
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