there's no doubt that the simple existence of Nazi Germany greatly affected the world, not only in terms of technology, society, and history from then on (case in point: rockets, general abhorrence of discrimination, and the formation of Israel), but also in popular culture. there's plenty of instances in fiction where the Nazis are bad guys, and yet others where Nazi-analogues are put in their place (such as TL-191 with the Freedom Party)
anyway, i thought it would be interesting to discuss what we all think would be the changes to the popular culture of OTL had Nazi Germany never come to be. one, for example, is in Star Wars: if there was no precedent with Nazi stormtroopers, then what would the cannon-fodder bad guys in the Original Trilogy be called? shocktroopers? legionaries? just soldiers? as another example, i know that some people have criticized Turtledove for being a bit lazy near the end of TL-191 by simply making events more directly analogous to OTL, what with Featherston being almost exactly the same as Hitler and whatnot, but (assuming that TL-191 would still be written) what if there was no precedent with a fascist, racial supremacist political party in actual history? and perhaps most importantly, what would everyone overuse when bitching about people they don't agree with?

discuss away!!
anyway, i thought it would be interesting to discuss what we all think would be the changes to the popular culture of OTL had Nazi Germany never come to be. one, for example, is in Star Wars: if there was no precedent with Nazi stormtroopers, then what would the cannon-fodder bad guys in the Original Trilogy be called? shocktroopers? legionaries? just soldiers? as another example, i know that some people have criticized Turtledove for being a bit lazy near the end of TL-191 by simply making events more directly analogous to OTL, what with Featherston being almost exactly the same as Hitler and whatnot, but (assuming that TL-191 would still be written) what if there was no precedent with a fascist, racial supremacist political party in actual history? and perhaps most importantly, what would everyone overuse when bitching about people they don't agree with?
discuss away!!