DocBen
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The monarchies collapsing and the Nazis and the Communists coming out of nowhere and taking power was completely unexpected. I am a history buff of this time period specifically. I logically understand what happened, why it happened, how it happened. And yet when I take a step back, it still doesn't make sense to me, even if my mind has been convinced 200% that such a scenario is possible.I have seen the argument that WW2 is the most fictional part of OTL due to some of the leaders names
Stalin = Man of Steel
Churchill = (like) Church-hill (Anglican-english churchs and shit like that)
Charles de Gaulle = From Gaul (France)
And if you would consider Hitler, my pun is Hit-ler, or one who hits, or an aggressive leader. There have been theories that Hitler was part Jewish, so he really pulled a Taboritsky move there, by hating Jews if he was part Jewish himself. Which is not surprising, given that several leaders of OTL EU countries appear to hate their own people.
I'm now convinced that OTL is not in fact the canonical timeline. That's it. We are living in a timeline branching off from the main timeline. You could think of it as a paradox timeline, if you will.
Literally a Lenin quote by the way
That is perhaps the only thing that he was right about. Which leads me to think that he knew about the theory of how timelines splinter in times of chaos, which we only "officially discovered" by modern physics in the 21st century.
That can only mean two things:
- Of course, one can reach similar conclusions philosophically, without having any knowledge of physics.
- Or you can reject the philosophy, and take the meme explanation instead! Something something Red Alert timeline manipulation.
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