Like the previous one, I find it hilarious that the artist paints this as a dystopia, when going by the map itself it seems like a VASTLY superior timeline to the one we're stuck in
The description was tldr, read it here if you want: https://www.deviantart.com/gsnj/art/The-Man-in-the-High-Gulag-Part-II-in-Desc-822132519
Bruh how could anyone besides an actual reactionary Islamist be against the idea of a United Arab Republic
If you’re a leftist it’s good because it makes it significantly more difficult for the imperialist powers to fuck with the Middle East, plus pan-Arab movements are generally socialist in character (though typically not Marxist)
If you’re a lib it’s cool because it replaces the largely reactionary, monarchic, Islamist regimes of much of the modern Middle East with a secular, and likely democratic one
And if you’re a chud you’re happy that the radical mooslamics aren’t radical anymore
The death of the secular pan-Arabist movement as a mainstream political force should be universally recognized as one of the greatest tragedies of modern history. What a fucking weirdo
We can't admit that though because the murder of secular pan-Arabism was a project of the west so to admit that it was bad would be to admit that we live in a bad society that does bad things
True but libs recognize that climate change is bad while still pretending it’s not primarily the fault of capitalism/the west so I’m sure they could figure something out
I thought Xi Xinping caused climate change by doing too much communism
Imagine thinking the United Kingdom would stay Tory controlled with 35% of the current population being socialist and what I could only popularly call "communist encirclement" in that global landscape.
Apparently Maoists take over California but Northern Ireland is still fighting to leave the UK? Naaaaah.
Scotland is going to decide it's leaving the UK in our current timeline before 2023... In that global landscape Scotland would be out already.
Just utter nonsense. There is absolutely no fucking way you're stopping UK socialists from waging full blown revolution if you've got Commune France next door like that to support them. This is some "Capitalist UK vs the world" fantasy of some ridiculous British nationalist.
Western fears about "enemy" states controlling territory close to them is exactly what "enemy" nations to the west have to deal with every day. Pure projection.
pretty much everything the west fears on a societal level is shit they did or do to other people. Government being taken over and run for foreigners, high tech aliens destroying their society and depopulating them to steal their land and resources, some kind of outside event causing their economic surplus to go somewhere else, leading to mass poverty and under-investment
It's almost like we're the baddies or something
Hang on they straight up copied Kaiserreich's Italy into this timeline
Also Commune of France and Patagonia lol
gotta be fair to the lad, I believe this map pre-dated the Italy rework
why do libs and conservatives sometimes make the best USSR victory maps?
edit: why does california always takes baja california from Mexico
wait hoxha lost in albania this timeline sucks
they do that cool thing where a crowd holds up cards to make a picture, but it's just some Grateful Dead album art
Even the name implies that the Nazi leadership is imprisoned. I know that's not what they were going for, but there it is.
of particular note: China's absolutely based SCS border, United Arab Republic, Pedophile Island is still reactionary because of course it is
I like big cuba, also makes sense chile is an UK puppet and probably argentina lost the malvinas war bad, i like the DPRK just kinda became a 4° side in the communist cold war
That's right, a better world is possible!
Also seriously why does the description / timeline read like this person was kicked in the head by a donkey before writing it? Maybe it just loaded weird for me, but it's like it's missing a bunch of words.
I don't think English is his first language, pretty sure he's Polish.
This looks fucking lit. Spin up the reality converter and get a portal open I want to GO THERE.
