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What if the cold war was between an absolute monarchy that just grabbed a ton of land in a war rather than the USSR? I had a resurgent Russian Empire in mind that grabbed a ton of land in war(s), but a more hardline German Empire or any other large monarchy works too.

Would the US be more left in response to a right-wing threat, or would the US be more conservative without the rival superpower supporting radical left-wing politics? Would decolonization still happen? Many say it's inevitable but the USSR did a lot to help decolonization. They funded Marxist rebels all over the world and took up the mantle of the anti-colonialist power. With a very pro-Imperialist world power would things take a different turn?
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