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  1. WI: Ludendorff Killed/Dies on Armistice Day, 1918

    I mean if we're indulging Wonder Woman 2017, I think him deploying the chemical weapons to stop the German Revolution would probably make more sense than against the Entente. I forget, was there a Hindenburg portrayed in the Staff (I know he's mentioned earlier in the movie as advocating a...

  2. WI: Ludendorff Killed/Dies on Armistice Day, 1918

    This is inspired by the rather zany penultimate battle of Wonder Woman, wherein she slays a super-powered General Ludendorff (!!!), believing him to be Hades in disguise. Obviously, if I were doing that premise it'd land this in ASB territory, but I was thinking what the repercussions would be...

  3. PC: White supremacist paramilitary group in the 50s/60s

    I mean, the Klan was effectively a terrorist organization. You don't need a full blown insurgency when the local authorities are willing to look the other way at your crimes and continue a legal system that benefits your interests at the exclusion of those you oppress. I feel to get what you'd...

  4. PC: White supremacist paramilitary group in the 50s/60s

    ...Isn't that kinda the Klan though?

  5. Why is Latin America historically unstable while the US and Canada aren't?

    I think you either misinterpreted what I said or I didn't do a good job explaining myself. I don't think it's a matter of 'bourgeois = successful', but more that the colonial institutions of power that were put in place by the British, for the sake of wealthy British subjects in both the New...

  6. With a 5000 BCE PoD, how likely is the Americas to be as advanced as Eurasia when they make contact?

    I guess I just feel that a lot of those new divisions came about directly to justify the new opportunities of exploitation.

  7. Why is Latin America historically unstable while the US and Canada aren't?

    Um, I'm pretty sure that's what I said :/

  8. With a 5000 BCE PoD, how likely is the Americas to be as advanced as Eurasia when they make contact?

    I think the better argument with this issue is to reframe what's problematic here. The issue I think William has is the treatment of the Colonization and Depopulation efforts as basically a 'Control' that Disease has to be weighed against; in effect basically positing that the attempt to...

  9. Popular misconceptions about 19th century History

    Actually a bit curious how the mechanics of a 'Golden Circle' are actually presented now that you mention it. I highly doubt it could be done by the CSA alone, they'd have to enlist some European support in the project, though how that would manifest seems... suspect.

  10. Popular misconceptions about 19th century History

    Wait does anyone really think America was a Superpower in the 19th Century? It wasn't until the Spanish-American War that I'd even call America a Great Power.

  11. With a 5000 BCE PoD, how likely is the Americas to be as advanced as Eurasia when they make contact?

    So is there any agreement as to whether this is actually a sensible question to ask? I'm sort of in agreement with those who say that trying to look at technological process as strictly linear, as if it were a game of Civilization, is sort of problematic. Maybe a better question to ask is 'Make...

  12. Why is Latin America historically unstable while the US and Canada aren't?

    I think it fundamentally lies in that the American Revolution was a bourgeios revolution, it didn't fundamentally overturn the economic system that had been in place since colonization began because the primary exploited class, the Black Slaves, obviously were not enlisted in the revolution and...

  13. African countries that could have become first world countries?

    You're probably right that any PoD post-WWII is going to have to still lead to decolonization; I'm just curious if there's a point in time where peaceful white-black cohabitation would be a possible outcome.

  14. African countries that could have become first world countries?

    IIRC the franchise restrictions in Rhodesia were property based, which was effective black disenfranchisement, but I'm curious if some sort of reform could be undertaken that preserved the state infrastructure while integrating blacks into political and social life.

  15. If Western forces get to Bulgaria before Soviets, would Bulgaria join NATO?

    Uh... How would this happen? Are you suggesting an Allied landing in Greece? Advancing up the Balkans would be even more treacherous than the Italian campaign.

  16. DBWI: Wilson won 1912 election

    I mean it's hard to say wrt Colonialism, Wilson was an academic who talked about the necessity of political sovereignty, but he was also kind of a White Supremacist even for his time (Not that Teddy wasn't one himself). On balance though I could see the Philippines not joining the union at all...

  17. Larger scale American Fascist movement?

    I was actually randomly having this thought in relationship to some timeline where America joins the Axis; do you think Antisemitism could become such a mainstream force that a figure could try to recast the American Revolution as 'throwing off the chains of International Jewry' [Essentially...

  18. No Lennist coup (aka great October revolution)

    I mean, HOW would the October Revolution not happen? Kerensky's regime was basically *done* following Kornilov's failed coup in September, which had left the Bolsheviks in command of much of Petrograd. It was only a matter of time before someone deposed Kerensky's ministry.

  19. AHC: "Maginot Line was a Failure" does not become a Pop History Trope

    I guess I should say that it's often portrayed as if the French thought the Germans couldn't just simply 'go around it', even though that's what they in fact did. I feel that particular trope is facetious.

  20. AHC: "Maginot Line was a Failure" does not become a Pop History Trope

    Hmm, I might be mistaken then. I was operating under the assumption that it was always meant to shunt a German advance through Neutral Belgium. I guess then the question is what was the philosophy behind the line then? Because the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 by the Entente had shown that...
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