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- Not Bolshevik revolution in Russia and country can develope leastly some kind of democracy. This too prevent rising of other communist regimes (probably).
- Rashidis capture Arabia instead Saudis.
- Not overthrowing of Libyan, Egyptian and Iraqi monarchies.
- Avoid military dictatorship in Burma.
- Iran transfer to constitutional monarchy on 1950's and shah is willingful staying only head of state with very limited power.
- Eritrea becomes democracy instead dictatorship.
- Mugabe dies on 1980's or not develope so corrupt as in OTL and resigns before year 1990. Another option is someone else leader for Zimbabwe.
- Rashidis capture Arabia instead Saudis.
- Not overthrowing of Libyan, Egyptian and Iraqi monarchies.
- Avoid military dictatorship in Burma.
- Iran transfer to constitutional monarchy on 1950's and shah is willingful staying only head of state with very limited power.
- Eritrea becomes democracy instead dictatorship.
- Mugabe dies on 1980's or not develope so corrupt as in OTL and resigns before year 1990. Another option is someone else leader for Zimbabwe.
John Fredrick Parker
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This point may be contended (possibly with references to throwing bananas), but if the People's Republic of China had moved to toward democratization in the late 80's, and many key leaders of the time wanted it to... well, that gets you most of the way there. Not just in terms of changing the status for over a billion Chinese, but also potentially changing the whole dynamic in East Asia (w ripples on North Korea, Burma, SE Asia, etc).
If China and her satellites politically liberalize in the 80's and 90's along with the similar OTL developments with the Soviets, East Europe, and much of the rest of the world, who does that leave? Well, looking at the most recent press freedom index, it seems that aside from a few odd holdouts (Cuba, Turkmenistan, etc), the remaining "unfree" nations are bunched up around the Arabian peninsula (i.e. the Mideast and East Africa). So that's... something.
If China and her satellites politically liberalize in the 80's and 90's along with the similar OTL developments with the Soviets, East Europe, and much of the rest of the world, who does that leave? Well, looking at the most recent press freedom index, it seems that aside from a few odd holdouts (Cuba, Turkmenistan, etc), the remaining "unfree" nations are bunched up around the Arabian peninsula (i.e. the Mideast and East Africa). So that's... something.
The question is highly metaphysical, and would require a basic definition of happy and free. Some people don't seem to feel happy enough until others are free to serve them, being either repressed or enslaved.
