Everybody chooses Hitler, even the great minds at :trueanon:

reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/comments/10vjhva/if_you_could_go_back_in_time_and_could_off_one/

But that has to be a waste right? Great Man Theory, dialectical materialism, blah blah

Germany still would've became fascist because of their overwhelming debt to the victors of WWI. They most certainly still would have started World War II in some way. They almost certainly would've also started genociding the disabled, and probably move on the non-Aryans eventually, or at the very least thrown them all in prisons or some internment zone

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I really think that the best possible alternate history scenario for the 20th century is the success of the German revolution. Coming right off the heels of the World War, western capitalists would have an extremely difficult time trying to convince the working class to mobilise and invade Germany yet again. Worst case scenario is that Germany would be the only one to turn to socialism alongside the Soviets, but even then I think socialism would be inevitable. Best case scenario is the domino effect that the Soviets were hoping for, where socialists all around the world become emboldened, better organised and funded, receive international aid and revolution springs up all around the world.

    • AtomicBeans [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Even if the world didn't go socialist, I still think a German Revolution would have been the deathblow to capitalism.

      The Soviet Union's biggest problem was manufacturing capacity. Once they full industrialized partway through WWII they were more than a match for the Axis. Imagine technology sharing between Germany and the SU and you'd get that power 10 years earlier. German scientists would also be managed efficiently rather than by coked up nazis. I'd expect them to be the first ones to get the atomic bomb. I still think that a large-scale war would still have happened but it would be between the new socialist states and capitalism. You'd probably see global socialism before the 21st century or at least a global dominance not unlike the height of western imperialism.