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Post by lordroel on Dec 23, 2020 16:38:32 GMT
‘BJ Blaskowicz Becomes A Football Coach’. That is a thing i believe he will not mind being.
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 23, 2020 16:42:02 GMT
‘BJ Blaskowicz Becomes A Football Coach’. That is a thing i believe he will not mind being. Judging by what a hard-ass the guy is, I can certainly see why. While I didn’t state it explicitly, I wonder how he’d react to being a football coach at some high school in OTL 2020? The fact that we defeated the Nazis—who had nowhere near the technological supremacy they enjoyed in his TL—would come as a shock to him. Never mind more immediate matters of becoming familiar with twenty-first century life (e.g. using a smartphone of computer).
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 24, 2020 19:24:36 GMT
'Optimus Prime Becomes POTUS And Megatron Becomes PRC Chairman'.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 24, 2020 21:00:29 GMT
'Optimus Prime Becomes POTUS And Megatron Becomes PRC Chairman'. Why not have them in the 1980s as the first cartoon was aired then and have Megatron become the head of the Soviet Union.
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 26, 2020 5:10:10 GMT
'Optimus Prime Becomes POTUS And Megatron Becomes PRC Chairman'. Why not have them in the 1980s as the first cartoon was aired then and have Megatron become the head of the Soviet Union. Now that’s an idea. Of course, while Optimus’s views may be compatible with American objectives and political preferences, I’m not sure if Megatron is ideological enough to satisfy other elements of the Soviet government. Meaning that I’m not sure he can pretend to be a resolute communist determined to bring about the workers’ paradise that Marx envisioned. As people who live in the real world, we may know that Megatron probably doesn’t give two shits about the socialist cause. But he also needs to fool the Soviets into thinking otherwise, so that he can govern effectively. That, and I’m not sure how trigger happy he is when it comes to nuclear weapons (Optimus would show far better judgment, no doubt).
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Post by stevep on Dec 26, 2020 12:32:24 GMT
Why not have them in the 1980s as the first cartoon was aired then and have Megatron become the head of the Soviet Union. Now that’s an idea. Of course, while Optimus’s views may be compatible with American objectives and political preferences, I’m not sure if Megatron is ideological enough to satisfy other elements of the Soviet government. Meaning that I’m not sure he can pretend to be a resolute communist determined to bring about the workers’ paradise that Marx envisioned. As people who live in the real world, we may know that Megatron probably doesn’t give two shits about the socialist cause. But he also needs to fool the Soviets into thinking otherwise, so that he can govern effectively. That, and I’m not sure how trigger happy he is when it comes to nuclear weapons (Optimus would show far better judgment, no doubt).
I'm not sure by the 1980's that more than a few Soviet leaders actually gave much of a damn about either socialist/communist 'ideals' or the welfare of the general population as compared to their own comfort, security and political career.
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 26, 2020 17:11:32 GMT
Now that’s an idea. Of course, while Optimus’s views may be compatible with American objectives and political preferences, I’m not sure if Megatron is ideological enough to satisfy other elements of the Soviet government. Meaning that I’m not sure he can pretend to be a resolute communist determined to bring about the workers’ paradise that Marx envisioned. As people who live in the real world, we may know that Megatron probably doesn’t give two shits about the socialist cause. But he also needs to fool the Soviets into thinking otherwise, so that he can govern effectively. That, and I’m not sure how trigger happy he is when it comes to nuclear weapons (Optimus would show far better judgment, no doubt).
I'm not sure by the 1980's that more than a few Soviet leaders actually gave much of a damn about either socialist/communist 'ideals' or the welfare of the general population as compared to their own comfort, security and political career.
Was it more about preserving their own power at that point, then? For a society structured in as authoritarian manner as the USSR, I imagine it was only a matter of time before more selfish and power-hungry people rose through the ranks over the years.
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Post by stevep on Dec 27, 2020 11:24:59 GMT
I'm not sure by the 1980's that more than a few Soviet leaders actually gave much of a damn about either socialist/communist 'ideals' or the welfare of the general population as compared to their own comfort, security and political career.
Was it more about preserving their own power at that point, then? For a society structured in as authoritarian manner as the USSR, I imagine it was only a matter of time before more selfish and power-hungry people rose through the ranks over the years.
Both power hungry and simply surviving in such a vicious environment when just about every colleague and co-worker is a potential enemy who might back-stab you at any moment for their own advantage. A bit like working in the financial sector in the west I suspect but you just lose your job rather than your life.
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 27, 2020 22:24:35 GMT
'Cad Bane To Cowboys & Aliens'.
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Post by gillan1220 on Dec 28, 2020 16:50:37 GMT
Vladimir Lenin is all out American.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 28, 2020 17:01:36 GMT
Vladimir Lenin is all out American. Will he also immigrante to the United States.
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 28, 2020 17:07:36 GMT
Vladimir Lenin is all out American. Will he also immigrante to the United States. Not to be a spoilsport, but isn't this a scenario for the Frivolous ASB Thread instead?
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Post by gillan1220 on Dec 28, 2020 17:18:09 GMT
Vladimir Lenin is all out American. Will he also immigrante to the United States. Not to be a spoilsport, but isn't this a scenario for the Frivolous ASB Thread instead? It could be a crosspost.
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Post by lordroel on Dec 28, 2020 17:29:03 GMT
Vladimir Lenin is all out American. Will he also immigrante to the United States. Not to be a spoilsport, but isn't this a scenario for the Frivolous ASB Thread instead? Seems you are right.
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Post by Zyobot on Dec 28, 2020 17:54:08 GMT
To what end, though? Glad to have been of assistance, then.
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