Real ASB

Well, if we look at only the last 100 years, what about China becoming an absolute economic juggernaut?

But in whole, I have to agree with what was one of the first ones posted: A minor town in the middle of the Italian Peninsula coming to dominate the entire Mediterranean and Western Europe.

Alternatively, wasn't Lincoln's assassination, like, a bunch of good luck on behalf of J.W. Booth?
 
Well, if we look at only the last 100 years, what about China becoming an absolute economic juggernaut?

How is a powerful China even remotely ASB? For most of history China was the most or one of the most advanced civilisations in the world. The most populous nation in the world being strong is completely natural.
 
How is a powerful China even remotely ASB? For most of history China was the most or one of the most advanced civilisations in the world. The most populous nation in the world being strong is completely natural.

You're correct, it's not exactly ASBish. However, given how far China fell between c.1820s to c.1970s, a case could be made that its subsequent rise to prominence on the world stage is somewhat implausible.

Similarly, 'the tornado that touched down during the Burning of Washington D.C.' mentioned up thread, is/was a plausible fluke of nature and explainable. However, though its not an ASBish occurrence/addition to the story, "it happening" does sound like (could legitimately be viewed as) an unrealistic addition to the story.
 
Why is there so much resistance to this topic. Its about things that would look ASB to us in an alternate timeline. Just because something happened here doesn't mean it wouldn't look ASB there. Any unlikely event will seem likely to someone who has studied it.

There's nothing wrong with this specific reasoning, but there are some (not all) people who think that just because "ASB" events seemingly occurred IOTL, they can simply introduce a few butterflies in an ATL and completely alter a complex interlocking chain of events without stopping to thoroughly consider the train of logic and reasoning behind them. The latter issue has occurred and been refuted earlier within this thread, although I will not mention any names. As a result, it would probably be better to carefully examine why a supposedly "ASB" event may have occurred IOTL, instead of providing a random list of "implausible" events and making it seem like "anything" is possible.
 
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