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    The plausibility/probability problem with scenarios 'saving' Reconstruction through punitive, class-based policies and racial inversion

    I think it's worth considering the nature of "property" here. Is it their toothbrush or their sprawling slave estate? What right do technically-not-aristocrats have to more land than they can work without slavery? What's the point of voting if you rule out the most pressing necessity of the...
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    The plausibility/probability problem with scenarios 'saving' Reconstruction through punitive, class-based policies and racial inversion

    The idea that land reform is a marxist invention is wild. For the longest time, it was a liberal cheat code by creating a large base of smallholders invested in the maintenance of its institutions, as opposed to the property-less urban poor who often drifted towards proto socialism. A lot of...
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    Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

    I think the most unrealistic part of this is French centrists and leftists successfully holding joint primaries that most of them respect. It's great work, don't get me wrong, but neither camp has had a lot of success with that before! Oh, and Macron categorically can't run again without...
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    This forum may be closing down in March 2025

    I think the main difference is that SLP has an actual business that could be impacted by legal issues, rather than just the forum.
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    This forum may be closing down in March 2025

    In practice I don't think they'll even bother enforcing this on sites below their notice until a case is brought up about abuse on them. The threat of the fine is still enough to avoid risking it for the sake of SLP and the people liable for it. It's also pretty easy to weaponize by a...
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    PC: A WWII without the Bolshevik coup in Russia in 1917?

    I think Russia with the Kerensky offensive is never making it to Versailles. You have to find a way to get a defencist in charge before they can bleed out their last bits of strength in a failed offensive so they can play the long game instead. Your problem isn't the Bolsheviks, who only gained...
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    AH Run-downs, summaries and general gubbins

    This gives me strong EU party coalitions vibes. Do they operate on similar terms as coalitions of local parties?
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    Short-term, "record-skip", ISOT: Provisional Government Russia ISOT forward 2 years from Mayday 1917 to Mayday 1919

    The Bolsheviks will have a very hard time getting anything going without the anti war cause. On the other hand, if the constituent assembly remain dominated by the right wing of the SR, it's probably going to half ass land reform too. The SR coalition was already breaking at the seams OTL but...
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    Alternate Wikibox Thread

    That one is kinda tragic. Curse you for making me care.
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    Own Goal: How the BEF destroyed the balance of power by winning WWI too fast for the Entente

    As mentioned earlier, France has very few reasons to play against Russia and quite a few to play with them. The Tsarist regime is still not very stable but it gets a stay on execution. Britain is the most likely to poke at the bear but I'm not sure how likely it is to play the revolutionary...
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    Own Goal: How the BEF destroyed the balance of power by winning WWI too fast for the Entente

    As usual, I'm looking for the leftist angle. In Britain, I don't think much changes. Labour is still going to rise slowly but it didn't stake its fortune on the war. It could go either way over the loss of position. Maybe Britain overextends in trying to keep its imperial prominence and they...
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    The Thirty-Seventh HoS List Challenge Thread

    Dunno if it's made stronger or weaker by clearly being divergent rather than future history, but it sure works.
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    WI : The Vivaldi brothers successfully circumnavigate Africa

    The main issue is that (from my admittedly limited knowledge), you need to swing out at sea to round west Africa due to local currents, which is what stopped sea traffic going that way for the longest time. If you make that swing, you can probably have free range of the western coast, at least...
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    AHC : Have a strong Communist Party in interwar/post-war Britain.

    Imagining a socialist or independent labour party that contains only the OTL labour left and further left while being welcoming to communist members is a lot easier than imagining a proper 3rd internationale party, I guess. If the moderate end of the labour movement remains with the liberals it...
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    Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

    This is neat, can you link to the discussion this is based on?
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