This timeline is the best, because this course of events led, in part, to my exsistance.
Reminds me of the Anthropic Principle a little bit.
This timeline is the best, because this course of events led, in part, to my exsistance.
Wallace was an authoritarian leftist.
That's right SOF remember that only LIBERALS do BAD things COnservatives all only do GOOD things and if a COnsevative does a bad thing, then they were a secret liberal.
Lather, rinse repeat.
Reminds me of the Anthropic Principle a little bit.
Sarcasm is just one of the many services I offer.You did get half of this right, he was indeed an authoritarian. He was anything BUT leftist, however(as in, Wallace wasn't leftist at all.)
It seems to be a common attitude in some areas of this country, sadly.(P.S. good job with the sarcasm.
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The Russian Republic manages to hang on largely due to the massively successful Kerensky offensive. Germany surrenders six months earlier, without the US joining the war (this has the added effect of keeping the American Socialist Party alive, as Wilson has no good excuse to destroy it). The Bolshevik Party withers rapidly as the Republic's star waxes. The Treaty of Versailles is less harsh: however, the Entente did actually capture significant swathes of Germany and defeated the Germans in open battle. Hungary remains largely intact, while the Balkan states join into a loose confederation of monarchies rather than a centralized state. Turkey survives as per OTL, secretly supported by a more anti-colonialist US. The Russian Republic, though at first an illiberal state, returns a large Menshevik majority, who begin peacefully modernizing Russia and turning it into a liberal state. Poland, unfortunately, remains territory of Germany and Russia, but that is a small price to pay. The Spanish Republic survives and prospers. The Russians help prop up independent states in Xinjiang and Tibet, but also help China unify by sponsoring a much more liberal Kuomintang. Korea eventually becomes independent, as does Taiwan, with Russia, China, and the USA pressuring Japan. The Phillipines and other American colonies become part of an American Commonwealth, with common defense provisions and an economic free trade zone. Due to benevolent American influence, many American nations develop into true liberal republics. Britain, ironically far more weakened by the war, releases its colonies earlier; India is not partitioned, leading to a massive, wealthy, Dominion of India stretching from Burma to Pakistan. This India, too, becomes a liberal democracy, as does Germany and Italy after some rough times. By 1950, all of mainland Europe is made up of liberal democracies. Ireland, including the north, leave Britain peacefully. Apartheid ends much earlier due to global pressure, as does segragation in the US (this last largely due to the Socialist party). Fascism never develops, Mussolini becoming an influential socialist. The NSDAP rapidly withers after a failed putsch and the death.Hitler, Himmler, and Goering. African colonies are invested in heavily and prepared for independence by the formerly imperialist nations, leading to a somewhat wealthier, far stabler and more democratic Africa. The Congo looks set to become the next Great Power. By 1970m, South America, barring Peru and Venezuela, are liberal democracies, as are all of the Central American states. Vietnam peacefully becomes independent as a mildly leftist democracy, as do Indonesia and Malaysia. By the modern age, the excesses of colonialism and war have been repaired and have withered away almost entirely. The world is filled with liberal, largely green democracies. The world population is quite a bit lower--5 billion or so-- due to much earlier development in OTL's Third World. Society is open and liberal, not allowing for racism and prejudice. The four great democracies--America,Russia,China, and India--all cooperate to land a multinational team on the moon in 1964, with multinational bases on the moon by 1990. The first man on Mars, in 2010, is actually an African woman from the DRC. By 2012, mankind looks set to colonize the solar system peacefully, which may lead to Earth's unification.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the World Of Democracy TL, the most liberal utopia you can find. It's probably ASB.![]()
She could be better off, if she can outrun the Soviet Gunships that lay waste to her village. Oy, when will people stop using womens rights as an excuse to kill Muslims?I don't know how to make this plausible, but as a critical Soviet Union apologist, I love the idea of a world in which the Moscow was given a free hand in Western Asia (as I feel that without foreign intervention, any outcome but total Soviet victory in Afghanistan is ABS). I know getting to this sort of point is ABS, a world where socialism and capitalism co-exist and fluctuate between light and moderate tensions is far better than what we have today. If you're a Pakistani woman or an Afghan woman, you especially benefit from this scenario.![]()
It may not be, with the right PODs. After all, if Robert Sobel could get away with Kramer Associates, and Jared with considering liberal drug policy in an *America in which according to normal logic, drugs should be feared by the elite and should be illegal at least in the old South and some other areas if not the whole damn nation, then I don't see how people could reasonably complain about a concept like yours, especially if well-written.