the bottom line is the following one
Most Republics are oligarchic anyway, since the politicians tend to be supported by the money given to them by being in alignment with special interests that get people to go to the polls and vote for their designated candidate. The only way for this to be...
A philosophical question
Russia's clumsy return to authoritarianism is at least balanced by the USA's arrogance of international power, making neither state attractive.
The United States never got the hang of understanding the fact that they had a moral duty to be an example for others. The...
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As for the premise I always liked the Turtledove story where the Nazi's are running India and Gandhi just gets shot because peaceful non-resistance only works against someone unwilling to shoot. Although he writes good stories and one-off novels, he should never write series.
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Those who are most qualified are usually the ones who get elected. It is only the Christian Patriots who believe that there is a Communist conspiracy to subvert the values of good old fashioned Whites with Atheistic Socialist Science. The American Patriots probably believe all...
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The radical Islamism only came as a direct result, a method of protesting Russian repression.:D :rolleyes: If Russia had just let Chechnya go, there would have been no need for militant Islamisation. :rolleyes: :p Perhaps you would prefer that the United States had stayed a part...
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Liberals always overreact to people trying to take advantage of them.
Christian Conservatives are what Social Liberals become after being bushwhacked by the harsh lessons of consensus reality. This is what happened after the breakup of the Soviet Union. It is also what happened...
how about this
If I remember correctly France, Germany and Russia were against the Invasion of Iraq. Imagine a war between the European Triumvirate and the Anglo-American Alliance over Israel, Palestine and Iraq. We can add Iran and Communist China to the Triumvirate equation, as well as North...
An Afghan-style campaign in Europe?
The Swiss = Afghans:rolleyes:
Germans = Soviets:D
Rememeber what happened to the Soviets in 1989? The same would happen to the Nazis.
Dan Quayle
Quayle would not need the help of the Religious Right. He would have had the help of other not so extemist members of his party that would have been alienated otherwise, if he had courted the Bible Belt Bush-rangers. Quayle would have been seen as a more moderate answer to the...