I have a very scary proposition for you. What if the Russian "communist" (I think that's what he called his dangerous murderous poorly thought out philosophy) activist Vladimir I. Lenin does not die in exile as he did IOTL. Is there any chance that he could escape to Russia and start a revolution? It would definitely be ASB for it to go anywhere though. The monarchy was very unpopular at the time (this was before the great liberal reforms of Tsar Alexei II and his sister and successor Empress Olga) but I'm sure the people would not be foolish enough to support these horrible radicals over them.
If this is to happen (again I think it's ASB but let's ignore that for a second) and the Leninists somehow manage to overthrow the monarchy, Germany would most definitely win the Great War. Just think, the USA, Britain and France would immediately rush to their ally Russia's aid and try to put the Tsar back in power, allowing Germany to regain much lost ground. I even read on some website of a conspiracy theory that Kaiser Wilhelm actually planned to release Lenin to intentionally cause chaos in Russia. This is probably a made up piece of bullshit but still interesting to think about.
Also, if "communism" is ever to become big, what about it's more tamer cousin "socialism?" Maybe it won't fade into obscurity like it did IOTL and might even take form in some countries as the dominant philosophy (I would say Italy would probably be the first to fall victim to this perhaps by the Italian Socialist Benitio Mussolini who could've very well became the Prime minister of Italy if things went differently). Who knows, maybe there could be a major Socialist Party in the US or perhaps even a socialist president opposed to just two socialists ever serving in congress (the case IOTL). What if Germany lost the war like they did IOTL in this scenario (which is even more ASB). Would they get rid of their Kaiser instead of keeping him like IOTL, and maybe also become a socialist nation?
And perhaps instead of ongoing battle between imperialism and capitalism throughout the world there would be a similar one with communism/socialism replacing imperialism? What do you guys think?
If this is to happen (again I think it's ASB but let's ignore that for a second) and the Leninists somehow manage to overthrow the monarchy, Germany would most definitely win the Great War. Just think, the USA, Britain and France would immediately rush to their ally Russia's aid and try to put the Tsar back in power, allowing Germany to regain much lost ground. I even read on some website of a conspiracy theory that Kaiser Wilhelm actually planned to release Lenin to intentionally cause chaos in Russia. This is probably a made up piece of bullshit but still interesting to think about.
Also, if "communism" is ever to become big, what about it's more tamer cousin "socialism?" Maybe it won't fade into obscurity like it did IOTL and might even take form in some countries as the dominant philosophy (I would say Italy would probably be the first to fall victim to this perhaps by the Italian Socialist Benitio Mussolini who could've very well became the Prime minister of Italy if things went differently). Who knows, maybe there could be a major Socialist Party in the US or perhaps even a socialist president opposed to just two socialists ever serving in congress (the case IOTL). What if Germany lost the war like they did IOTL in this scenario (which is even more ASB). Would they get rid of their Kaiser instead of keeping him like IOTL, and maybe also become a socialist nation?
And perhaps instead of ongoing battle between imperialism and capitalism throughout the world there would be a similar one with communism/socialism replacing imperialism? What do you guys think?
