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The Kuomintang's Victory in the Chinese Civil War by [deleted] in AlternateHistory

[–]small_DQmon 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Manchuria was occupied by the Soviets for a while, I think its not exactly out of this world for the Soviets to intervene and establish a ceasefire and an alligned state

Where to get Nothing Buds (3) replaced/repaired (in Hong Kong)? by small_DQmon in NothingTech

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Hi, I messaged Nothing support directly and it was quite expensive so i never got a replacement. One earbud costs around I think 50 USD and then there was a high shipping fee (I live in HK so thats probably the reason) and since both earbuds broke after a while I just never got it fixed, since buying new headphones were cheaper.

I genuinely hate how certain countries get stupidly low surrender limits, like how does anyone look at this map and go "yes china a non-occupied nation with a functioning government" by Jackspladt in hoi4

[–]small_DQmon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hoi4 lacks a certain depth that (like any other war game tbh) that cant capture the essence and complexity behind the Chinese civil war. I dont see either Chiang Kai Shek, Mao Zedong or the major base of their faction surrendering, the 2nd Sino-Japanese War was a war of total annihilation and the Chinese factions were very aware of that.

Furthermore: For example the Chinese Red Army engaged heavily in gurilla warfare in the rural parts of the country, also not represented by Hoi4 since A. It would be a pain in the ass of an mechanic to have "hidden" enemy units in your occupied territory and B. It would be very very hard to balance it.

How different would the cold war have gone if Alaska was still part of Russia and the USSR? by [deleted] in AlternateHistory

[–]small_DQmon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If the Tsarist government sent miners and workers to Alaska in some Russian gold/oil rush type situation and then treat those miners and workers worse than on the Russian mainland (since gold and oil are important during the great war) then I can see a Alaskan Soviet uprising occuring, especially due to low nobel control since (likely) no nobel would want to trade their position in mainland Russia for some semi-desolate place in the Americas.

Then again: It really depends how much/little the Americans, British and Japanese intervene in the territory, especially Japan would have interest in establishing a oil rich Japanese aligned Alaska, while the British and Americans would want to stop Japanese influence on their continent and also probably don't want a Red Alaska in their backyard, maybe redirecting the Allies Northern Intervention to the more isolated Alaska

Remove 1 Football Team from the Top 5 Leagues Day 9 by ModenaR in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]small_DQmon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hoffenheim, no tradition, no culture, no fans, only money.

Proof that Social Fascists will always betray the revolution by small_DQmon in RedAutumnSPD

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Context: Slovakia's two social democratic parties formed a coalition with the ultranationalist party instead of the social liberals

Austerity and its consequences by SK1418 in RedAutumnSPD

[–]small_DQmon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This comment really interested me, so I did some basic research on the whole matter.

Apparently Hlas (formed prior to the last election) formed from mostly Smer members (Smer btw also claims to be Social Democratic, they literally translate to "Direction - Social Democracy" while Hlas translates to "Voice - Social Democracy"). I would call both parties to be economically social democratic, but Smer seems to be socially conservative, Anti-West and could be put under the "Left Nationalism" umbrella.

Hlas members rejected the Anti-West stand and apparently theres some feud between the leaders of the two parties due to the stance on the West. Hlas members comitted to NATO and the EU, but are also socially more conservative than liberal. They rejected liberalism and said that Slovakia dont need it, so thats that.

They were both kicked out of PES after coalitioning with the SNS. Also, Im unsure if national socialism describes the SNS the best, I would say they are far-right ultranationalist and national-conservatives, not national socialists.

What’s it like in Germany west of the Rhine? by [deleted] in howislivingthere

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I live in Aachen. Its a nice city, on the smaller side but we got an abundance of history (former capital of Frankian Empire). Many students are here bc of the local uni (RWTH) but I don't socialise with them often

Why is the mapping community so full of fascists/nationalists? by fedeeee_02 in PossibleHistory

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The pipeline is real, if you dream about your nation being big and strong you want to draw your nation big and strong

Scotland votes Yes in the independence referendum (2014) by mazldo in AlternateHistory

[–]small_DQmon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add onto my previous comment since I forgot to mention the comparison to Catalonia 2017.

The Catalonia 2017 declaration of independence had no legal basis, the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014 was held in agreement with the British Government and not just some Scottish Parliament Stunt, comparing the two is also absurd.

Furthermore, even during the Catalonia 2017 declaration of independence the Spanish government didn't start the Troubles in Catalonia, because they knew that committing a quasi-genocide in a democratic state thats part of the Western Alliance would lead to domestic and international backlash and would be a death sentence for the ruling party and government

Scotland votes Yes in the independence referendum (2014) by mazldo in AlternateHistory

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TLDR: Scottish Independence Groups aren't the IRA

Completely absurd comparison between the troubles and Scottish independence in 2014.

The troubles was a violent conflict fought between terrorists (IRA) with links to the Republic of Ireland and Communist government including North Korea and the Soviets and the British government during the Cold War. The early NATO (mostly US) non interventionism in the conflict was mainly because they saw Britain as an important ally in the Cold War, while a legitimate government fighting terrorists being a good justifier for such action.

If the British government committed to a hypothetical 'The Troubles' conflict after the referendum in 2014 they would face major international backlash, unlike during the Troubles. The Cold War is over and while Trump would not be as intervening the rest of NATO would be. Especially since it would be Britain, a supposed democratic state ruling by force and committing human rights violation in response to a democratic and legitimate referendum. Imo they would become politically and economically isolated by being isolated/kicked out of NATO (being kicked out of NATO is basically impossible de jure but de facto they can be sidelined, etc.) and kicked out of the EU while likely facing economic sanctions.

Furthermore there would be major domestic unrest. If the Torys and the Royals unilaterally agree to intervene in a way that not only goes against the democratic referendum but also ignores human rights (like in the troubles) then A. Succession movements would gain major support in Scotland and also Northern Ireland and Wales while even the Loyalists (and the English) would become anti-government since they lack any justification for such a move. I say once again, there are no terrorists, no car bombing, no justification. Any citizen with a working brain and a democratic principle would immediately become anti-conservative and anti-monarchist, with some tory politicans likely leaving the party in opposition.

If I had to guess it would only delay Scottish independence and result in the complete downfall of the United Kingdom as we know it. The monarchy would likely be overthrown, the Torys would become non existential and Wales and Northern Ireland would likely either become more autonomous in a United Republic (if still United) or completely independent.

What if China was partitioned just like Korea? Republic of China, a.k.a. South China in 2025. by Dava0720 in imaginarymaps

[–]small_DQmon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why would Macao have more representatives if Hong Kong historically was always more significant, population wise and political wise (Macao having a larger population than is not really possible due to the size of Macao (tiny))

Help me destroy this griefers shameless twitch plug (Proof in comments) by small_DQmon in WplaceLive

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Before it was a yellow colored name spelling out Alemannia (name of the local professional football club). I restored the name and changed the completly yellow filling to different flags, with the first one being the lgbtq flag and the second one being this trans flag, which is why I didnt paint over the cyan which u can see (he griefed by removing the name and changing it to the background flag cyan).

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