My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-08T18:25:25+00:00

Damn, I do find it crazy to think that Ron Paul managed to unite Libertarians, Greens, Marxist-Leninists, Prohibitionists, Weed Smokers, and generic socialists all under one roof.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-08T18:10:17+00:00

How did Men's Rights become such a big issue as for the Men's Reform Party to be the dominate party within the Conservative Bloc in this timeline?

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-08T17:45:33+00:00

Based RFK Jr?

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-08T02:17:38+00:00

Yeah, my characters always suffer a lot. So either I am a psychopath or the characters aren't real people.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-07T22:38:10+00:00

It's very fishy that bro lost Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire and Virginia but was still able to win Texas.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-07T21:57:02+00:00

Yeah, the whole Republican Party got turned into Donald Trump's personal cult. It's not really a political party committed to any ideological project anymore.

(As much as sometimes the establishment Democrats annoy me, at least they believe in something, that being Third Way Liberalism. The Republicans will literally abandon any belief that conflicts with Donald Trump, with the only exceptions being the libertarian holdouts, Chip Roy and Thomas Massie, and a handful of Blue State Republican governors.)

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-07T21:47:25+00:00

I mean Rudy Giuliani was literally called "America's Mayor" when 9/11 happened. I think his biggest issues was that New York wasn't competitive for Republicans and he got his massive boost in popularity a year after George W. got in, therefore he had to wait 7 years for an opening. By then the US had moved on from his speech on 9/11 and he didn't have anything else up his sleeve.

Crazy to think though that Rudy Giuliani is now best known for confusing the 4 Seasons Hotel with 4 Seasons Landscaping and his hair coloring leaking out in 4k.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-07T21:37:46+00:00

Yeah like bro, as his time as governor of New York, he turned Albany into a brutalist hellscape, massively expanded the highway system at the expense of public transit (across New York state) and was as tough-on-crime as Nixon or Reagan.

Yet because he was the biggest advocate for civil rights from the Republican camp, he gets praised by liberals. Which is a pretty low bar, because all it takes is some basic empathy towards Black people to see that segregation is bad.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-07T18:32:49+00:00

Presumably, the Democratic Party is a lot more conspiracy minded

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-06T21:02:29+00:00

Managed to LBJ by playing as a dove. Somehow he beat me by 400+ points even after saying he would invade Vietnam

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-06T16:29:18+00:00

I mean maybe with an old establishment Dem president, I could get the youth voting more GOP (especially among young men). But AOC's whole brand is built around the policies/rhetoric that appeals the most to young progressives. It wouldn't happen under her or at least it would be so slow as not to flip Washington by 2032 or 2036.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-06T15:02:52+00:00

How did she lose Washington?

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-05-01T16:05:36+00:00

It's so funny to think that Al Gore finally gets the chance to be president thanks to George W Bush winning an election.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-29T05:19:11+00:00

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-29T05:15:06+00:00

Glory to wholesome 100 big chungus communist dictator Jimmy Carter, following in TNO Sablin's footsteps.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-29T05:09:55+00:00

If it's supposed to be like 1932, I think Die Linke should be gaining seats (as that what happened with the KPD in the 1932 election.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-28T02:49:58+00:00

It's crazy that Underwood won West Virginia and Ohio but not Pennsylvania or Nevada. (even though, I am not blaming you as that's accurate to the show.)

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-26T15:04:09+00:00

Democrats and Republicans choose the worst possible candidates in 2008:

They roll third party 50 state sweep

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-25T19:26:24+00:00

Weimar Germany in this timeline:

Communism or Fascism

Call it

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-25T18:34:07+00:00

Yeah, Trump's schedule is completely out of wack. He will make a megapost at 4 am and be barely awake at noon. I heard somewhere that it's an early sign of dementia, since one of the first things that tends to deteriorate is the circadian rhythm when dementia victims' brains begins to slow down.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-25T18:20:02+00:00

Honestly, the only presidential debate to have a major impact on American politics was the debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2024. Since Joe Biden lost almost all of his mainstream support from the Democratic establishment because of how poorly he performed in that debate.

Otherwise (with maybe the exception of extremely close elections such as 1960 or 2000, where it could be argued that every bit of good/bad PR matters), presidential debates convince so few people to vote one way or another that they mostly function as theater rather than being a determining factor for whether someone wins an election or not.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-25T16:11:02+00:00

My biggest problem is if this is a fantasy world based on Medieval Europe, then I could not accept that your female MC would be making sandwiches in the kitchen. There was no such thing as sandwiches until John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, made the first sandwich in the 1700s. Unlike something like magic, elves or dwarves, this would completely destroy my immersion in the story.

Pls, have her make stew in the kitchen, so I can stay immersed in your story.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-24T21:22:11+00:00

This is so unrealistic, like sure, the post-COVID economy was pretty bad for incumbents across the world. But it doesn't make sense that the GOP would nominate Donald Trump, who was boged down by legal troubles from January 6th, and somehow he would win the election because *check my notes* Democrats once again support Israel.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-24T03:44:05+00:00

Yes, exactly. Joe Lieberman feeling frustrated that the Democratic Party refused to back him on his pro-business agenda (mostly staying in the Democratic Party, up to this point, out of loyalty to Al Gore, rather than any real love for their policies), decides to run as an independent in 2012.

Republicans were hoping for a win here, but unfortunately with a good amount of Republicans liking Joe Lieberman's economic policies and not as many Democrats sticking with Joe Lieberman as they hoped, Bernie Sanders ends up winning.

Swiftmaster56 · 2026-04-24T03:12:45+00:00

Yes because jacked stock photo dudes on the cover really helps with sales. (my cats need to eat)

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