The French Revolution would probably have occurred anyway. The B.E. might not have been able to prevent the Russian Revolution. Whether France would have sold it's large swath of North America to the B.E. is hard to say. The B.E. would probably have just taken it in due time. — Bitter Crank
I am trying to imagine how the world would be different without a ww1 and 2.
Didn't these two wars lead to a lot of technological progress — m-theory
What if the US ceased to exist, suppose the bottom just fell out on the economy and there was no reset button.
Do you think it would drag the rest of the world down with it, or would some other actor step in and assume the role of superpower? — m-theory
Does the US make the world more politically stable such that without the US there would be more war and overall oppression of the world population? — m-theory
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