I was making a joke about them contributing.... not that much militarily.
Did Steve Jobs Russify his name?
imo, someone like that would have a greater chance of becoming leader if they didn't have a recognisably foreign surname.
I don't speak Russian, but maybe "Сти́вен Джобсов" (Stíven Dzhobsov) would work?
imo, someone like that would have a greater chance of becoming leader if they didn't have a recognisably foreign surname.
I don't speak Russian, but maybe "Сти́вен Джобсов" (Stíven Dzhobsov) would work?
Asami
Banned
He utilizes the name Сти́вен Павлович Джобс (Stívan Pavelovich Dzhobs) as his Russian name, when the issue is needed. However, he still goes by his American name on a day-by-day. The Russian name is more for the press, and when he needs to play the 'I am a Soviet citizen' card.
The Soviets don't mind as much that he isn't Russian as they would IRL, as he isn't likely to play favorites with one SSR or another, considering he has little tie to any of them, other than his family, corporation, and city of residence (Krasnodar, RSFSR)-- His American origin isn't as controversial as it would have been fifty years prior (where it would have been unthinkable). The Soviet Union in the 21st century is starting to embrace the idea that being a Soviet transcends national origin, and matters more on citizenship.
With Steve having been a citizen of the Soviet Union since the early 1990s, he is an uncontroversial candidate.
It should be noted in that IRL, Сти́вен Джобс is the name utilized by Russian Wikipedia to refer to him.
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A former disgruntled Apple employee once remarked Jobs would "make an excellent King of France", so he'll do just fine under the Soviet Union's slightly more authoritarian political apparatus (whereas he'd be bogged down by too much politicking and fighting with populist demagogues left and right in a liberal democracy, just look at Europe ITL).
(His slogan while campaigning in the Supreme Soviet is probably "Let's Make USSR Great Again", issuing baseball caps with the first Cyrillic letters of the slogan in Russian. Extra weirdness points: Find a reason to have former UK PM John Lennon joined by Paul McCartney to go "Back to the USSR" and visit Steve Jobs. I dunno, for some NGO charity stuff or something, the sort of stuff that Bono does OTL. )
BTW, if Kim Il-Sung was executed in the 1950s, how on earth does Kim Jong-Il still exist ITL? Do people even know he's Kim Il-Sung's son? And how about having the president of Samsung rule Korea opposite Jobs in USSR just for the extra weirdness of this TL? (Maybe have the Samsung guy expose Park Guen-hye's connection with Choi Soon-sil early to discredit her and remove her from contention)
(His slogan while campaigning in the Supreme Soviet is probably "Let's Make USSR Great Again", issuing baseball caps with the first Cyrillic letters of the slogan in Russian. Extra weirdness points: Find a reason to have former UK PM John Lennon joined by Paul McCartney to go "Back to the USSR" and visit Steve Jobs. I dunno, for some NGO charity stuff or something, the sort of stuff that Bono does OTL. )
BTW, if Kim Il-Sung was executed in the 1950s, how on earth does Kim Jong-Il still exist ITL? Do people even know he's Kim Il-Sung's son? And how about having the president of Samsung rule Korea opposite Jobs in USSR just for the extra weirdness of this TL? (Maybe have the Samsung guy expose Park Guen-hye's connection with Choi Soon-sil early to discredit her and remove her from contention)
Gian
Banned
@Sakura_F - And also another idea, maybe Isabella could wear some glasses to fit with the TTL personality I discussed earlier.
And maybe one of her dresses might look similar to this: http://orig11.deviantart.net/0112/f/2013/271/5/d/the_light_by_ksushaer-d6oe5hx.png
And maybe one of her dresses might look similar to this: http://orig11.deviantart.net/0112/f/2013/271/5/d/the_light_by_ksushaer-d6oe5hx.png
Ah I see, thanks.
Asami
Banned
I could see it happening. Perhaps in the near future.
Kim Jong-il was not executed with his father in 1950. He was 9 at the time, and was instead exiled with his mother, Kim Jong-suk (who survived despite her stillborn daughter in 1949). He spent 1950-1954 in China, before he ended up in South Korea. He devoted the early parts of his life to reunifying Korea and avenging his father's name, but after the reunification, he found out what his father had been doing in Korea, and pretended like he never existed. Kim Il-sung is not a popular man amongst the former DPRK's citizenry, but Kim Jong-il is, as he shows great remorse for his father's actions against dissenters.
Mate. I'm not focusing that much on the Phineas and Ferb thing. I understand you really wanna see how it plays out ITTL, but please also understand that it isn't the focus of this TL.
The funny thing about Jobs taking over the USSR is, that, well, I can see Lenin actually liking it.
Hear me out, it shows that a man who was born into the capitalist system, made boatloads of money off it, went and became a Communist. Nice little propaganda coup.
Hear me out, it shows that a man who was born into the capitalist system, made boatloads of money off it, went and became a Communist. Nice little propaganda coup.
Asami
Banned
They're more of a centre-right party, in a similar vein to America's Reform Party. The Tories kind of fractured some in the early 00s.
World Map 2008
Asami
Banned
The recognized independent entities of Earth in the year 2008
The Earth as divided into geopolitical blocs, 2008.
Purplish-Blue: European Commonwealth (leader: France)
Red: Warsaw Pact (leader: Soviet Union)
Orange: Beijing Pact (leader: China)
Teal/Blue: Alliance of Free States (leader: United States of America)
