Recent content by Marco Polaris

Do you consider it possible that there is an alternate reality (which isn't present day america) which would be technologically more advanced?

It was my understanding that after WW1 the reparations levied upon the Germans by the British and French bankrupted Germany, which when compounded by the Great Depression caused hyperinflation, absolute poverty for a once mighty nation, causing social unrest, leaving the population broken, ripe...

Agree on this. Impressed (or maybe disturbed) about how much detail this went into.

The Two Georges. Why does a union of North American and Britain have to be portrayed as technologically way behind the current day? And why are there always zeppelins instead of planes? And cars use steam engines instead of regular gas. What if an alternate reality was technologically up to date...

If the Russians had not had their October Revolution then that alone would surely have made a Social Democratic America significantly more likely. A lot America opposition to left wing philosophy (predating McCarthyism) stems from fear of a similar revolution happening in the states. If it...