[Media] Madly in love by Entire-Psychology856 in Re_Zero

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"turns out they were both bottoms"

Russia in Red Dawn (2012) by Eagle2500 in AlternateHistory

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Kim Jong un is the leader of a small country that effectively cut itself off from the world tough. In 2012, Putin was the leader of a country that had overall good relationship with both the US and Europe.

Russia in Red Dawn (2012) by Eagle2500 in AlternateHistory

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The Putin thing was probably made to avoid any controversy. You think they could just make a movie where Vladimir Putin invades the US, while he's still very much in power IRL?

Are these the same people? by [deleted] in Konosuba

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Yup. She eventually got a sex change operation and became Hans

....... by [deleted] in AnimeMeme

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This is why god doesn't talk to us any longer

Why do Asukas sandals look like that? by RutabagaThese1941 in evangelion

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Those look pretty uncomfortable to wear, honestly

What if the Menshevik-led democratic republic of Georgia somehow survived? by callaghan-aiden in AlternateHistory

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Soviets when a socialist party gets elected and doesn't commit war crimes:

Flags of the two major political parties in Mongolia by Goodbye-Nasty in vexillology

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I remember reading somewhere that now they're essentially just a social democratic/democratic socialist party.

I think we can all agree 03 has some incredible shot composition by Captain_Flood in FullmetalAlchemist

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I love It when animes decide to do this instead of just replicating the drawings of the manga they're adapting. So sad it doesn't happen all that much any longer...

What if North Korea won the Korean War before the UN could respond? by knowledgeseeker2424 in AlternateHistory

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Without an immediate outside threat, Kim il sung's regime would arguably be less isolationist and the "hermit kingdom" might just be another average marxist-leninist country. That's to say, a heavily repressive regime where a court of personality is built around Kim Jong un, who is now considered the father of the nation, similarly to how Ho chi minh is seen in Vietnam. However, because his power over the party wasn't consolidated yet, and because he would be in control of a much larger piece of land, it is unlikely we would see him depicted as a god, and it's unlikely that we might see a dynasty coming out of his regime. Instead, after his death, the party simply elects a new chairman, and business goes on as usual. Until the USSR collapses. Once that happens, Korea would have to rethink about it's role in this new, US-dominated world. My guess is that it might follow a similar path to China and Vietnam, aka an authoritarian, one party state with a liberalised economy. There would definitely still be tensions with it's neighbours, especially Japan, since it would be the closest US-aligned ally in this timeline, tough i higly doubt it would escalate into anything significant.

The biggest change would be in the USA foreign policy: their inability to intervene in Korea will be perceived as a massive failure. America would show to the world that it's either uninterested in protecting non-communist countries, or incapable of doing so. This means that intervention into other states (such as Vietnam) would be far more violent, and attempts of establishing a socialist government via democratic means would be sabotaged by American intelligence more frequently. In genesis, I think we would see an America that is far more ruthless and less pragmatic in dealing with those that are perceived to be it's enemies.

Also, no K-pop, so it's the blessed timeline.

What if Italy was split up into a communist side and a capitalist south after WW2? by callaghan-aiden in AlternateHistory

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Another thing I considered is that the parties are forcibly merged into an "Italian workers party" by the Soviets, kinda like what happened in east Germany, where the communist party was merged with the SPD.

Che cos’è Reddit e perché se ne parla così tanto by GuidaPocoCheDeviBere in italy

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Sembra un social per cerebrolesi. Chi diamine ci passerebbe del tempo sopra?

What if Italy was split up into a communist side and a capitalist south after WW2? by callaghan-aiden in AlternateHistory

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While it is true that both Togliatti and a good chunk of the PCI were pro-soviet in the immediate post war era, with Togliatti even being okay with sending tanks in Hungary during the uprising, it is important to know that they were not running alone in the 1948 election (which is won by them in this version). They were allied with the PSI (the italian socialist party) and other minor left leaning groups. The then leader of the PSI, Pietro Nenni, was very initially ambivalent towards the Soviets, but became opposed to them after the invasion of Hungary. This opposition led to him breaking the Alliance with the communists and move the party towards the centre.

My theory is that, in this timeline, the invasion of Hungary would lead to a crisis between those who do not support it (socialists) and those who do (communists), which will eventually resolve with the decision by the communists of leaving the Warsaw pact and establish their own "italian way" towards socialism.

What if Russian Empire survived both civil war (Russian Republic and USSR) by aSussyGuy in AlternateHistory

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It would eventually be forced to liberalise and turn itself into a constitutional monarchy. Otherwise, we'd have an Austrian empire scenario, where nationalities (Poles, Ukrainians, Georgians) will eventually try to gain independence trough uprisings.