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Either the party system just underwent an insanely dramatic realignment, or you've got holds and gains switched.



And an openly feudalist political party is even rarer.

I'm assuming - well, hoping - that it's a situation of a word acquiring a new and specific meaning in a political context.
 
A much darker Simpsons.

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World of the Continued United Front
* Second Sino-Japanese War
* Chinese Leaders, 20s and 30s
* Asia after the Second Sino-Japanese War, around 1940
* Sino-Soviet Relations, 1930s to 1950s
* United States Politics, to 1960
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Indochina and the Second Indochina War
* Indonesia, 1965 to 1989
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Russia, 1990s and 2000s

Sino-Soviet Relations - 1930s to 1950s

Initially, after Lenin's strokes left him unable to govern, the Soviet Union was led by a triumvirate consisting of Lev Kamanev, Grigory Zinoviev, and Joseph Stalin. In the mid 20s, however, the triumvirate broke up due to Zinoviev and Kamanev's opposition to Stalin's policy of "Socialism in One Country", and Stalin began to consolidate power. Stalin's rise was not without opposition, but as he rose and consolidated power, the Left Opposition, Right Opposition, and United Opposition factions found themselves suppressed and purged, often with large public show trials, with torture and forced confessions common and under the broader environment of growing repression and censorship in the Soviet Union

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Leon Trotsky was a Soviet revolutionary and Marxist theorist and politician. whose particular strain of Marxist thought is known as Trotskyism. He joined he Bolshevik Party shortly before the October revolution, and rapidly became a major figure within the party, being involved in the negotiations for the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and later becoming a prominent military leader of the Reds in the Russian Civil War

After the rise of Joseph Stalin, Trotsky was removed from his positions in the Soviet Government, and eventually expelled. He spent the rest of his life in exile, first in Turkey, and then eventually making his way to China. There, he became involved with the Communist Party of China. The Communist leader, Chen Duxiu, was quite sympathetic to Trotsky and his criticisms of Stalin, though Chen never openly endorsed Trotskyism and publicly downplayed Trotsky's role in the party, out of concerns for Chinese-Soviet relations, being critical of the course the Soviet leadership was taking but nonetheless desiring to put up a united front against fascism and imperialism, and wanting to maintain Sino-Soviet economic ties. Trotsky's continued existence nonetheless put strain on Sino-Soviet relations - foreign developments in the 30s and early 40s temporarily pushed the two countries to cooperate, but after the Allied victory in the Second World War, the matter of Trotsky as well as other disputes led to the First Sino-Soviet Split, with Stalin breaking off relations with China and Korea

Trotsky was by far the most prominent of Soviet exiles in China, but he was far from the only one. In the 30s, as the purges stepped up in intensity in the USSR and old Bolsheviks increasingly came under attack by Stalin, Trotsky and some of his sympathizers in China covertly aided the flight of several Opposition figures to China, where the Chinese communist leadership stringently denied any harboring of such later fugitives but did quietly allow them to live fully out of the public's eye

Trotsky's ideas developed the basis of Trotskyism, a prime school of Marxist thought that opposes the theories of Stalinism. He was written out of the history books under Stalin and was one of the few Soviet personalities who was not rehabilitated by the Soviet administration under Nikita Khrushchev in the 1950s. In the Chinese sphere, however, he would be seen in a more positive light during and after the First Cold War, with Trotskyism having an influence on the development of Chinese Marxism, though never explicitly being endorsed in whole

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With the death of Stalin in 1953, the Soviet leadership underwent significant change. Nikita Khrushchev, the new leader of the USSR, engaged in various reforms to the economy and society, among other things relaxing state repression and censorship. In terms of foreign policy, he pursued a policy of "Peaceful Coexistence", a softening of Soviet stance towards non-Warsaw Pact states. As part of this policy, he pursued an improvement of relations with fellow Communist-led China, moving away from the antagonism Stalin pursued after WWII. The First Sino-Soviet Split was ended with the Treaty of Ulaanbaatar in 1957

After the victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War and establishment of the Socialist Republic of China, the Chinese Communists gradually expanded control of the central government, using pressure and persuasion to bring the warlord governments to heel, as well as to bring Tibet officially into the Chinese state as a special autonomous territory. Certain regions, however, remained out of even indirect Chinese influence. Xinjiang, Tuva, and Mongolia were officially part of the Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic inherited claims on those territories, but the warlords in those areas had come under the influence of the Soviet Union, and Stalin retained domination of those regions, at times hinting at an eventual return of those regions to China, potentially in return for the Chinese leadership taking a path more obedient to Moscow's orthodoxy, though any discussion of such ideas came to an end with the post-war Sino-Soviet Split, with the local warlords remaining in control long after the rest of China was united

With the restoration of relations after the death of Stalin, however, Soviet leadership shifted on that matter, and one of the major effects of the Treaty of Ulaanbaatar was Soviet recognition of Chinese sovereignty over the disputed Central Asian territories of Mongolia, Tuva, and Xinjiang. Khrushchev figured that bringing China and Korea into the Soviet Sphere would be well-worth the loss of control over the smaller Central Asian territories. The Chinese would thereafter integrate the former warlord states as autonomous territories. In addition to these territorial changes, the treaty saw a resumption of major economic ties and economic assistance to China, as well as significant diplomatic and military cooperation between the Chinese and Soviets
 
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A version of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated in which it continue after the series' OTL ending, with the two later seasons being more in line with the road-trip aspect of the original series, as the group travels the US solving mysteries (also having a two-seasons overarching story arc involving a illuminati-like cult). After the series' end in 2018, a new series started after a 2 year hiatus, which is marked by being the first streamed incarnation of the franchise, being produced in partnership with Netflix, and being considered even darker than its predecessor (having the involvement of Guillermo del Toro in the writing) and being divise in the fandom due to its focus on drama and being once again set in a more central location, with the entire series occurring on 1960s New England
 
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POD: Bob Rock was chosen to produce the sequence for Use Your Illusion because Paul Stanley produced Appetite, but in my OTL Axl Rose and Slash get tired of Stanley's bizarre demands, then after Axl listened to the album Black Album by Metallica (released a year earlier) he got stoned with the drum sound on the album, Matt Sorum is on Illusion I and the record is on Billboard at Hot 100.
 
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George W. Bush is an American politician best known as the 43rd President of the United States. Winning the narrowly contested 2000 election against Vice President Al Gore, Bush initially heavily focused on domestic policy, passing Medicare Part D, tax cuts and education reform bills as a part of his 'compassionate conservative' agenda. However, Bush's presidency would come to be defined by the events of September 11th, 2001. A series of planes hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the White House. While Bush fortunately was spared from the attacks due to visiting Florida at the time, the attacks killed over 3,500 people, including Vice President Cheney and several members of Bush's cabinet. Bush would respond to the attacks by declaring a 'War on Terror.'

To wage it, Bush would, alongside key leaders of both the Democratic and Republican Parties, announce the formation of a 'New National Union' inspired by the one Lincoln had formed. Appointing Democratic Senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman as his vice president, Bush's New National Union would gain a commanding majority in Congress in 2002 even with remnant dissident Republicans, Democrats and Independents along with the triumphs of some members of the Green and Libertarian Parties.

As part of the War on Terror, Bush would invade Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran during his presidency. The latter two conflicts would become extraordinarily controversial owing to leaks that the intelligence that was used to justify the wars was faulty as well as the difficulties of managing the occupation amidst an insurgency. Protests against the Bush administration's wars would intensify over his term and lead to controversy when several high-profile antiwar figures were arrested for subversion (though none would be convicted). Bush additionally authorized mass surveillance programs as a part of the War on Terror.

Bush would also experience major domestic policy failures. His attempt to overhaul Social Security floundered even within his own NNU and immigration reform was killed by remnant Republican filibustering in the Senate. His administration's response to Hurricane Katrina was likewise widely panned. In 2007, a series of bank failures triggered an intense economic recession, verging on a depression. Some polling after the Great Recession began indicated the New National Union would drop as low as fourth place as a result. However, the gap was closed after Bush announced the capture of Osama Bin Laden. This proved enough for Bush's chosen successor Hillary Clinton to triumph over Chuck Hagel, Russ Feingold, Ron Paul, Lincoln Chafee and Roseanne Barr.

Bush has had a largely quiet post-retirement, even eschewing a physical appearance at the New National Union Party convention in 2016, instead submitting a recording of him endorsing Mitt Romney. However, Bush's legacy continues to hang over the United States. The New National Union Party has won every election from 2004 on and while that might change this cycle (Ed Markey and Tom Tancredo have inspired fanatical followings online, as has Raul Labrador, Barbara Lee and Andrew Yang), the NNU remains the formidable force Bush made it into.
 
Another in my Equestrian politics setting.

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The Party to Uphold Hippocracy, sometimes shortened to the PUH or the Hippocrats, are a populist party in Equestria. The party was founded by the unicorn Jacobalt in year 974 of the Celestial Era. The party began as a reaction to the election of Rucio, a donkey, as the first non-pony member of the Equestrian parliament. The party was small at first and had difficulty gaining a hoofhold as the Coronists were started around the same time with a much larger establishment presence and organizational ability. In the 977 election, the Coronists contested nearly two dozen general seats in parliament, while Jacobalt was one of only four candidates present in the election. Jacobalt contested the seat held by Rucio as a protest candidate and a statement against Rucio's presence in parliament. Jacobalt did not win, but she received over ten percent of the vote, showing that the party's primary position did resonate with some voters.

Over the next few decades, the Party to Uphold Hippocracy expanded Equestria-wide and developed its organization. While both the Hippocrats and the Coronists tend toward an anti-integrationist stance toward non-ponies, the Party to Uphold Hippocracy takes a much firmer tack toward the position than the Corona Party and frequently lambasts the Coronists for being too friendly with the Tricorwner establishment. While the Coronists were started to oppose the creation of non-pony reserved seats, the Party to Uphold Hippocracy platform calls for the banning of non-ponies from holding office in parliament altogether. The Hippocrats also stand out from either of the two major parties in their staunch isolationism toward foreign nations. They want a restoration of the old status quo of Equestria not holding any formalized relations with outside nations and an inward looking Equestria. On other matters, much of the Party to Uphold Hippocracy holds more conventional positions, such as convectionism.

Jacobalt has been the leader of the party since its founding. She became the first elected Hippocrat MP following the 1001 election when she was elected in the Neighvada riding and has been a member of parliament ever since. The party gained a unicorn reserved riding in a by-election, and in the latest election gained the Bitterroot general riding and another unicorn riding to bring them to a total of four seats in parliament and for the first time passed 10% of the total general riding ote. The growth of the PUH vote share and their presence in parliament has also brought more attention to some of the more extreme elements of the party as they have become more vocal. During the most recent election campaign, members of the Unicorn Restoration faction of the PUH who have called for unicorns to be once again placed in charge of the raising of the sun and moon led protests outside Summer Sun Celebration locations around Equestria citing the timing of the election so soon after the solstice holiday. That faction entered parliament for the first time in the most recent election as the Party to Uphold Hippocracy's sole unicorn seat gain.

The name of the party derives from the old Pegasopolitan word "hippocracy", meaning "rule by horses" and denotes the party's position against non-ponies holding office in Equestria's parliament. The word hippocracy and its prefix hippo- are notable as the party shares the wording of Tuque Twill's seminal work, On Hippocracy in Equestria. While Tuque Twill was using the term in reference to the pre-Equestrian earth pony practice of electing their chancellor, the PUH's meaning of hippocracy conforms to the present day definition of restricting the voting franchise to ponies. The root hippo-, from the Pegasopolitan language, has become an exclusionary term of reference to ponies. This contrasts with the Old Ponies root equ- as an inclusionary term, most evidently seen in words such as Equestria and equality.

And just for fun, a vandalized version:
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The British Revolution was a civil conflict in the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after
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the end of the Great War that resulted in the overthrowing of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom and the dissolution of the United Kingdom, which were replaced by a one-party Socialist Republic of Great Britain proclaimed in London on 10th June 1920.

The revolution was sparked by the military action in Glasgow in January 1919 at the Battle of George Square. Strikes began in Glasgow on 27th January 1919 in protest at rising unemployment following the demobilisation of the country after the end of the Great War, and the 47-hour working work. Day one of the strike action saw 3,000 demonstrators at St. Andrew's Halls in the centre of Glasgow. By 30th January over 40,000 were attending the demonstrations, joined by sympathy strikes at other locations. A War Cabinet meeting the same day, chaired by Leader of the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law in the absence of the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, discussed the 'Strike Situation' in Glasgow. While the government had sought to not involve itself in labour disputes, the Cabinet agreed 'justified' action in the face of concerns of strikes spreading across the country.

Around 25,000 strikers congregated in George Square on 31st January 1919 to hear an answer to their petition. Instead, at just after Noon the police charged at demonstrators with batons. The outnumbered Glasgow City Police retreated from the square soon afterwards, at which point demonstrators and police engaged in fighting throughout the night and into the 1st February. Before the War Cabinet met on 1st February, the deployment of armed forces had begun. General Sir Charles Harrington Harrington, the Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, told the Cabinet that 6 tanks, 100 lorries and up to 12,000 troops from Scotland and Northern England were being deployed and machine gun nests were set up in George Square. Troops from the Mayhill barracks in Glasgow were locked in their posts and not deployed out of concern that they could be sympathetic to fellow Glaswegians.

Rioting continued while the armed forces were deployed. On the night of 3rd February, what was later recalled by historians as a 'horrific miscalculation' led to troops opening fire on a peaceful march towards George Square and the use of machine guns. 78 fatalities were recorded. On 4th February, as news spread across Glasgow of what had happened overnight, 150,000 people gathered on the streets to protest, almost a fifth of the city's population at the time. The British Socialist Party's leader in Scotland, John Maclean, led the demonstration and called for a "righteous insurrection" against the armed forces and the government. Some demonstrators marched to Mayhill barracks where they were successful in their attempts to persuade the troops stationed there to come out and defend the protesters.

The Battle of Glasgow was the first front in the British Revolution, lasting from 27th January 1919 to 3rd March 1919, which saw loyalist British Army troops and revolutionary forces and demonstrators clash. The red flag was raised above Glasgow on 2nd March, followed by the complete withdrawal of the British Army. During the Battle of Glasgow, demonstrations and violence spread across the United Kingdom, particularly in deprived and working class towns and cities. British Socialist Party leader Albert Inkpin, who was reported to be initially opposed to a revolution, declared on 8th October 1919 that the "righteous battles" being fought across Britain would lead to a "decisive shift towards working people" and the creation of a "fair and just socialist republic".

The Struggle for London was the final major front in the revolution that concluded in a victory for the revolutionaries on 6th June 1920. Albert Inkpin led forces of the revolution and a reported 30,000 'workers' to Buckingham Palace on 7th June where King George V had remained throughout the conflict. Inkpin made clear that it was not the desire of the socialists to execute the House of Windsor, as had been done to the Romanov family in Russia in 1918. However, the family was held hostage at the palace for two days while the steps were taken to legitimise a change in government. David Lloyd George was dismissed as Prime Minister and replaced by Inkpin, while the House of Commons and House of Lords were recalled by the Speakers and commanded to pass legislation to abolish the monarchy, dis-establish the Church of England, grant Ireland independence and transfer full executive power to the Prime Minister. The Constitutional Reform and Ireland Act 1920 was granted Royal Assent on 9th June 1920. The Socialist Republic of Great Britain was proclaimed by Albert Inkpin on 10th June 1920 at Trafalgar Square in front of a crowd of over 100,000.

King George V and his immediate family fled the country, with the Crown Jewels, artwork and other valuables, to Canada where they continued as the Royal House. The Socialist Republic of Great Britain passed the Decolonisation Act in 1921 that formally ended British control over the British Empire's territories outside of Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The abandonment of the empire by London saw it be reformed into the Imperial Commonwealth in 1922 and led from Canada under George V and his successors. The Socialist Republic of Great Britain established its constitution in 1921 that created a permanent new system of governance for the country, modelled after the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic who had provided financial assistance to the revolutionary forces during the latter half of the revolution.

To be 100% honest, I had the idea, made the wikibox and then made all the text up as I went along. If it doesn't seem entirely thought through, inconsistent or a bit...out there then I apologise!
 
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General elections were held in New Mecklenburg on 22 September 1977 to elect the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus. The Labour Party and Centre Party each won 182 seats in the 420-seat Abgeordnetenhaus. Josef Holstein of the Labour Party remained Chancellor.

The coalition of the
Labour Party and the Progressive Party sought re-election. The Centre Party tried to achieve an absolute majority of the votes to make Centre Party chairman Johann Jakob Heiler Chancellor.

The Holstein government struggled with the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis. As unemployment rose and the popularity of the government faded, the Centre Party became the favourites to win the 1977 general election. Centre Party chairman Johann Jakob Heiler had proposed revaluing the Neumecklenburgische Taler, New Mecklenburg's currency. to reduce the country's inflation rate and the rate of growth of the country's businesses' income. He also wanted to reduce New Mecklenburg's economic dependence on the exports. However, Chancellor Josef Holstein (
Labour Party) rejected the Neumecklenburgische Taler's revaluation.

Unexpectedly the Labour Party won the most votes, and the Labour Party and the Centre Party each won 182 seats. The Progressive Party saw its best result since the 1949 general election, winning 56 seats.
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Labour Party and the Progressive Party its absolute majority, winning a majority of 56 seats in the 420-seat Abgeordnetenhaus.
 
Another in my Equestrian politics setting.

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The Party to Uphold Hippocracy, sometimes shortened to the PUH or the Hippocrats, are a populist party in Equestria. The party was founded by the unicorn Jacobalt in year 974 of the Celestial Era. The party began as a reaction to the election of Rucio, a donkey, as the first non-pony member of the Equestrian parliament. The party was small at first and had difficulty gaining a hoofhold as the Coronists were started around the same time with a much larger establishment presence and organizational ability. In the 977 election, the Coronists contested nearly two dozen general seats in parliament, while Jacobalt was one of only four candidates present in the election. Jacobalt contested the seat held by Rucio as a protest candidate and a statement against Rucio's presence in parliament. Jacobalt did not win, but she received over ten percent of the vote, showing that the party's primary position did resonate with some voters.

Over the next few decades, the Party to Uphold Hippocracy expanded Equestria-wide and developed its organization. While both the Hippocrats and the Coronists tend toward an anti-integrationist stance toward non-ponies, the Party to Uphold Hippocracy takes a much firmer tack toward the position than the Corona Party and frequently lambasts the Coronists for being too friendly with the Tricorwner establishment. While the Coronists were started to oppose the creation of non-pony reserved seats, the Party to Uphold Hippocracy platform calls for the banning of non-ponies from holding office in parliament altogether. The Hippocrats also stand out from either of the two major parties in their staunch isolationism toward foreign nations. They want a restoration of the old status quo of Equestria not holding any formalized relations with outside nations and an inward looking Equestria. On other matters, much of the Party to Uphold Hippocracy holds more conventional positions, such as convectionism.

Jacobalt has been the leader of the party since its founding. She became the first elected Hippocrat MP following the 1001 election when she was elected in the Neighvada riding and has been a member of parliament ever since. The party gained a unicorn reserved riding in a by-election, and in the latest election gained the Bitterroot general riding and another unicorn riding to bring them to a total of four seats in parliament and for the first time passed 10% of the total general riding ote. The growth of the PUH vote share and their presence in parliament has also brought more attention to some of the more extreme elements of the party as they have become more vocal. During the most recent election campaign, members of the Unicorn Restoration faction of the PUH who have called for unicorns to be once again placed in charge of the raising of the sun and moon led protests outside Summer Sun Celebration locations around Equestria citing the timing of the election so soon after the solstice holiday. That faction entered parliament for the first time in the most recent election as the Party to Uphold Hippocracy's sole unicorn seat gain.

The name of the party derives from the old Pegasopolitan word "hippocracy", meaning "rule by horses" and denotes the party's position against non-ponies holding office in Equestria's parliament. The word hippocracy and its prefix hippo- are notable as the party shares the wording of Tuque Twill's seminal work, On Hippocracy in Equestria. While Tuque Twill was using the term in reference to the pre-Equestrian earth pony practice of electing their chancellor, the PUH's meaning of hippocracy conforms to the present day definition of restricting the voting franchise to ponies. The root hippo-, from the Pegasopolitan language, has become an exclusionary term of reference to ponies. This contrasts with the Old Ponies root equ- as an inclusionary term, most evidently seen in words such as Equestria and equality.

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National conservatism is left-wing ITTL?
 
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