DBWI: Alternate History

I was having a conversation with a friend, and he said he wondered what life would be like if a recent election had gone differently. This got me thinking that there could be some interesting discussions about different histories. Do you think this subject would get much of a following?

(OOC: sorry if this has been done before. I also just noticed you can't put the rolleyes for the post icon)
 
I've often wondered the effects of a Confederate victory, or if the nazis won WWII or if the USA took over Canada, but I've never seen any of this discussed.
 

Sachyriel

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That subject is ridiculous, we need people to study history so we can avoid the mistakes of the past, Alternate historians would study the mistakes of the past and find new ways to do them today!:mad:
 
I basically agree w/you mmmeee0. However, such conversations might result in people having a deeper knowledge of history and a better understanding of human behavior and attitudes, how they are shaped by and have impact upon events, economic, political and religious, in our world.
 
Well there is that saying that if the Nazis had won WW2 we'd all be speaking German. It might make an interesting setting for a story I suppose, but I can't see why anyone'd want to 'study' something that didn't happen.
 
That subject is ridiculous, we need people to study history so we can avoid the mistakes of the past, Alternate historians would study the mistakes of the past and find new ways to do them today!:mad:
It could be used to show how much better the world would be today if the mistakes weren't made couldn't it?
 
It could also be used to show how much worse the world could have been off to those pessimists among us. I shudder at the thought of what would have happened if Hitler had won WW II. Our world ain't perfect, but it beats a Nazi victory world any day.
 
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