Technological progress is about the same as otl. Are there any ideological, cultural, or social trends that are inevitable or could alternate paths have occurred? For example, could fascism survive until the present time? Could communism? Could Empires? Could a absolute monarch? Could western views of women stay closer to middle eastern ones into current times? Could women rights be considered more progressive then otl now by the 1940s somewhere in the world? Could racial science and segregation survive into the modern day or end in the 1930s? Could we have a world of fascism and communism against each other with no democracy? Could we have just a world with a odd mix of views and ideas across the planet?
Basically, is there some clear guidelines on how the 1900s will develop and turn out or no? Please give thought and pod ideas on this?