AHC:Cold War About Democracy Vs Tyranny

[AltoRegnant]

Otl the cold war was about economics, capitalism vs communism. Sure, both parties argued they were democracies and the other was some tyrannical monster where people couldnt breathe without the supreme leadership saying so, but both found things like equal rights and certain personal freedoms negotiable, and one was a 1 party state where you could only vote for provisional leadership (at least under stalin)

So let's change that. Find a way that the cold war is legitimately a struggle against autocracy/electoral democracy. Our democratic side must be as equal as possible, and only willing to ally with or support multiparty democratic governments. Both can follow whatever economic model you want.

Bonus points for our democracy having a strong socialist party, or america being the authoritarian one

 

[Lalli]

It is pretty hard when dictatorships not usually share same ideology and even if some are allies they might break up later. And for many democracies it is not any problem to be friend with dictatorships if they just are economically benefit.

Perpahs Axis victory inE urope could lead more clarer democracies vs. dictatorships Cold War but ITTL democracies would are relucately in alliance with rup-USSR and there might be still some dicatorships with good ties with USA and Britain. So not work either very well.

 

[overoceans]

@KingOnTheEdge

Just to clarify, on the undemocratic side of this Cold War, the government has to openly proclaim itself to be a dictatorship, and villify the other side for being democratic?

Or can the anti-democrats still pay lip-service to democracy, like the USSR and its allies did IOTL?

 

[overoceans]

To tip my hand, if it's the first scenario you want(ie. proudly anti-democratic government), I think you need either a pre-1900 POD, or a Nazi victory.

 

[AltoRegnant]

Just to clarify, on the undemocratic side of this Cold War, the government has to openly proclaim itself to be a dictatorship, and villify the other side for being democratic?

Or can the anti-democrats still pay lip-service to democracy, like the USSR and its allies did IOTL?

It can pretend to be democratic, but it needs to be a sham. Even better if it doesnt since we know dictatorships can command patriotism like in germany or china but not 100% necessary