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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Go back to 1911 and convince Taft to concede the Republican nomination to Roosevelt. That allows Roosevelt to stomp Wilson, get the US into the war before Russia left, and get the war over with years earlier.

This prevents both Stalin and Hitler from rising to power, and prevents most of the European theater of WW2, as well as a host of other knock-on effects.

https://youtu.be/hLiI6kXZkZI?si=YJZMmkpOH4FZQiLt

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    In this scenario Lenin does not manage to take over Russia and the warning to the world by the real life examples of Germany and Italy about the dangers of fashism does not happen either. Authoritarianism raises its ugly head later in a world with better weapons and more destructive potential for humanity.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Would that prevent the space race?

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