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** Averted with ''Film/TheGeneral''. WordOfGod is that ''Franchise/StarTrek'' will also exist in some form.
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** Averted with ''Film/TheGeneral''.''Film/TheGeneral1926''. WordOfGod is that ''Franchise/StarTrek'' will also exist in some form.
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* GovernmentInExile: There is a very brief attempt after the Red victory in the war to establish an American government in exile in Europe. However, since no one in the Whites' line of succession managed to escape the country, a power struggle emerges between US Ambassador to France William Sharp and Congressman Nicolas Longworth over who should be the acting President; between this and the nations of Europe recognizing the Reds as legitimate, the whole thing ends up dissolving.
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* SuddenlySignificantCity:
** When the tide of the war turns irrevocably against the Whites and it starts looking like DC itself might be threatened, President Wilson reluctantly compromises with Congress' desire to evacuate the city (which he views as ceding what little legitimacy the Whites have left to the Reds) by designating Augusta, Georgia as a "backup capital" that the federal government will relocate to in case staying in DC ceases to be feasible. [[spoiler: This plan is never implemented, however, as Simmons' coup of the White government accelerates the Reds' desire to end the war, leading to a full assault on DC that overwhelms it before what's left of the government can flee.]]
** In a case of already significant cities becoming even ''more'' significant, Chicago serves as the Reds' capital during the war, and after the war when they restructure the United States into the ASU, New York City (excluding Staten Island, which is ceded to New Jersey, but including Long Island and Westchester County) becomes the new federal capital.
** When the tide of the war turns irrevocably against the Whites and it starts looking like DC itself might be threatened, President Wilson reluctantly compromises with Congress' desire to evacuate the city (which he views as ceding what little legitimacy the Whites have left to the Reds) by designating Augusta, Georgia as a "backup capital" that the federal government will relocate to in case staying in DC ceases to be feasible. [[spoiler: This plan is never implemented, however, as Simmons' coup of the White government accelerates the Reds' desire to end the war, leading to a full assault on DC that overwhelms it before what's left of the government can flee.]]
** In a case of already significant cities becoming even ''more'' significant, Chicago serves as the Reds' capital during the war, and after the war when they restructure the United States into the ASU, New York City (excluding Staten Island, which is ceded to New Jersey, but including Long Island and Westchester County) becomes the new federal capital.
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* MurphysBullet: An Austrian socialist opens fire on right-wing politician Ignaz Siegel while he is giving a speech to a crowd. Of his shots, one hits (and kills Siegel). Another hits a nearby building. The third hits one of the people in the crowd... [[spoiler:a local painter named UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]].
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** Al Capone's commando unit is called "The Outfit".
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: A downplayed version: the common term for far-right authoritarian ideologies in this timeline is not fascism, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falangism falangism]].
* CapitalismIsBad: The story is definitely pro-socialism.
* CapitalismIsBad: The story is definitely pro-socialism.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: CallARabbitASmeerp:
** A downplayed version: the common term for far-right authoritarian ideologies in this timeline is not fascism, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falangism falangism]].
** The less-common acronym GSM (gender and sexual minorities) replaces LGBT and its variants.
* CapitalismIsBad: The story is definitely pro-socialism. Meshakhad is a member of the real life IWW.
** A downplayed version: the common term for far-right authoritarian ideologies in this timeline is not fascism, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falangism falangism]].
** The less-common acronym GSM (gender and sexual minorities) replaces LGBT and its variants.
* CapitalismIsBad: The story is definitely pro-socialism. Meshakhad is a member of the real life IWW.
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* AnArmAndALeg
*** The exception to this is the Army of San Francisco, which is no less responsible for the Golden Abattoir than their opponents (the California National Guard and the Army of Southern California). Downplayed for all three as their actions were more out of necessity.
** Largely averted with General Liggett's Army of the Plains, which fights honorably. When they surrender, they are allowed to simply go home. Many are later reorganized into the Texas Red Guard to fight the Mexican incursion.
** Largely averted with General Liggett's Army of the Plains, which fights honorably. When they surrender, they are allowed to simply go home. Many are later reorganized into the Texas Red Guard to fight the Mexican incursion.
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* BerserkButton: Mexican General Amelio Robles Ávila explodes in a rage after he is misgendered by the American general Louis Tikas[[note]]TruthInTelevision for Robles, who supposedly killed two men who tried to out him[[/note]]. The incident briefly lands Robles in an American jail cell, but fortunately cooler heads prevail. It helps that Tikas, who had not realized Robles was a trans man and thought he was being courteous by addressing him with a female title, personally picks Robles up from jail. The incident ultimately helps advance the cause of LGBT rights in the ASU, with the common takeaway being that Robles' reaction to being called a woman was exactly how any man would respond.
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* BackedByThePentagon: In-universe example. Red Army Studios is a film studio controlled by the Red Army, so their films are outright ''made'' by the military. While they initially focused on propaganda, after the war they transitioned into films made primarily for entertainment that retained a military focus. Their stable of directors includes Creator/BusterKeaton and George Patton.
* BerserkButton: Mexican General Amelio Robles Ávila explodes in a rage after he is misgendered by the American general Louis Tikas[[note]]TruthInTelevision for Robles, who supposedly killed two men who tried to out him[[/note]]. The incident briefly lands Robles in an American jail cell, but fortunately cooler heads prevail. It helps that Tikas, who had not realized Robles was a trans man and thought he was being courteous by addressing him with a female title, personally picks Robles up from jail. The incident ultimately helps advance the cause of LGBT rights in the ASU, with the common takeaway being that Robles' reaction to being called a woman was exactly how any man wouldrespond.respond, thus proving that he was indeed a man.
* BerserkButton: Mexican General Amelio Robles Ávila explodes in a rage after he is misgendered by the American general Louis Tikas[[note]]TruthInTelevision for Robles, who supposedly killed two men who tried to out him[[/note]]. The incident briefly lands Robles in an American jail cell, but fortunately cooler heads prevail. It helps that Tikas, who had not realized Robles was a trans man and thought he was being courteous by addressing him with a female title, personally picks Robles up from jail. The incident ultimately helps advance the cause of LGBT rights in the ASU, with the common takeaway being that Robles' reaction to being called a woman was exactly how any man would
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** The Battle of Miami Beach is extremely one-sided, with the White fleet (including most of the US Navy's remaining combat strength) being almost completely wiped out for few enemy casualties. The Battle of Chesapeake Bay also qualifies, except the Whites knew that their chances were negligible, and they prioritized [[TakingYouWithMe taking as many Red ships with them as they could]].
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** The Battle of Miami Beach is extremely one-sided, with the White fleet (including most of the US Navy's remaining combat strength) being almost completely wiped out for few enemy casualties. Admittedly, it was a desperate gamble.
** The Battle of Chesapeake Bay also qualifies, except the Whites knew that their chances were negligible, and they prioritized [[TakingYouWithMe taking as many Red ships with them as they could]].
** The Battle of Chesapeake Bay also qualifies, except the Whites knew that their chances were negligible, and they prioritized [[TakingYouWithMe taking as many Red ships with them as they could]].
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler shot during the assassination of an Austrian politician in 1919, before his political career has a chance to start, condemning him to obscurity in this universe]].
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is accidentally shot during the assassination of an Austrian politician in 1919, before his political career has a chance to start, condemning him to obscurity in this universe]].
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* FinalBoss: General Simmons, leader of the KKK effectively became this for the Reds after his coup in Washington DC towards the end of the war as the De-facto leader of the White forces in a stroke-stricken Wilson's absence.
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* FinalBoss: General Simmons, leader of the KKK effectively became this for the Reds after his [[spoiler:his coup in Washington DC towards the end of the war as the De-facto leader of the White forces in a stroke-stricken Wilson's absence.absence]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Wilson was first elected, his Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, tried to segregate the Navy. IOTL, he succeeded, with black sailors reduced to menial labor positions. ITTL, he received pushback from white officers who thought that segregation would interfere with operations (for example, by requiring all ships to have separate mess halls for black personnel). This was enough that he settled for segregating naval bases and effectively preventing black officers from advancing their careers, but allowing black enlisted sailors to remain in the navy. This all foreshadowed the Great Mutiny, where not only did the black sailors revolt over Daniels' attempt to expel them, but many of their white comrades joined them.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: The Committees of Public Safety exist to promote safe working conditions. Their preferred tactic is to intimidate bosses and managers into adopting safer practices.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: The Committees of Public Safety exist to promote safe working conditions. Their preferred tactic is to intimidate bosses and managers into adopting safer practices. They are described as a combination of OSHA and a protection racket.
** One reason few of America's top businessmen actually face trial after the war is because so many were killed outright during the Revolution. This is generally referred to with the euphemism "revolutionary justice".
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** Woodrow Wilson, who responds to the civil unrest with increasingly harsh measures.
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** Woodrow Wilson, who responds to the civil unrest with increasingly harsh measures. He also enacts racist policies far beyond anything he did IOTL.
** Most officers and crew in the US Pacific Fleet take this attitude, choosing to return home and serve in the Red Navy rather than accept permanent exile. Many are motivated primarily by their love of the Navy itself.
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* WorkingClassHero: The Red Army is made of these. Most of their generals are not veteran soldiers, but experienced organizers.
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* WorkingClassHero: The Red Army is and ASU government are made of these. Most of their generals are not veteran soldiers, but experienced organizers.
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* BerserkButton: Mexican General Amelio Robles Ávila explodes in a rage after he is misgendered by the American general Louis Tikas[[note]]TruthInTelevision for Robles, who supposedly killed two men who tried to out him[[/note]]. The incident briefly lands Robles in an American jail cell, but fortunately cooler heads prevail. It helps that Tikas, who had not realized Robles was a trans man and thought he was being courteous by addressing him with a female title, personally picks Robles up from jail. The incident ultimately helps advance the cause of LGBT rights in the ASU, with the common takeaway being that Robles' reaction to being called a woman was exactly how any man would respond.
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** The Progressive Party is headed by the likes of Hiram Johnson and Sam Rayburn, consisting of politicians who are not originally socialist or still refrained from socialism, but had made their peace with the new socialist america they had found themselves in. They represents small cooperatives against big unions and favours the continued existence of a free market with within a market socialist economic framework.
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** The Progressive Party is headed by the likes of Hiram Johnson and Sam Rayburn, consisting of politicians who are not originally socialist or still refrained from socialism, but had made their peace with the new socialist america America they had found themselves in. They represents represent small cooperatives against big unions and favours favour the continued existence of a free market with within a market socialist economic framework.
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** Theodore Roosevelt [[spoiler:does not survive his assassination attempt, simply because the bullet strikes him on the other side of his chest]].
** As a result of changes from the points of divergence, the events of the Russian Revolution happened differently, such that it was the Anarchists under Peter Kropotkin who led an uprising at St Petersburg in August to seize control of Russia, followed by a shaky alliance with the Bolsheviks after that failed. The Russian Civil War which ensured ended in a White victory, with Kropotkin and his anarchists executed and the Bolsheviks retreating to the Belarus Democratic Republic.
** As a result of changes from the points of divergence, the events of the Russian Revolution happened differently, such that it was the Anarchists under Peter Kropotkin who led an uprising at St Petersburg in August to seize control of Russia, followed by a shaky alliance with the Bolsheviks after that failed. The Russian Civil War which ensured ended in a White victory, with Kropotkin and his anarchists executed and the Bolsheviks retreating to the Belarus Democratic Republic.
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** Theodore Roosevelt [[spoiler:does not survive his assassination attempt, simply because the bullet strikes him on the other side of his chest]].
chest and doesn't hit [[PocketProtector his printed speech and glasses case]]]].
** As a result of changes from the points of divergence, the events of the Russian Revolution happened differently, such that it was the Anarchists under Peter Kropotkin who led an uprising at St Petersburg in August to seize control of Russia, followed by a shaky alliance with the Bolsheviks after that failed. The Russian Civil War whichensured ensued ended in a White victory, with Kropotkin and his anarchists executed and the Bolsheviks retreating to the Belarus Democratic Republic.
** As a result of changes from the points of divergence, the events of the Russian Revolution happened differently, such that it was the Anarchists under Peter Kropotkin who led an uprising at St Petersburg in August to seize control of Russia, followed by a shaky alliance with the Bolsheviks after that failed. The Russian Civil War which
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** From the perspective of disarmament advocates, the London Naval Conference is this. While the nations involve do agree to limit the size of their navies (specifically how many battleships they can field), they deliberately leave a massive loophole whereby the major powers can give their excess battleships to other nations. This leads to a massive transfer of battleships from the leading navies to those of their client states or dominions, with no net change in the total number of battleships across the world.
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** From the perspective of disarmament advocates, the London Naval Conference is this. While the nations involve involved do agree to limit the size of their navies (specifically how many battleships they can field), they deliberately leave a massive loophole whereby the major powers can give their excess battleships to other nations. This leads to a massive transfer of battleships from the leading navies to those of their client states or dominions, with no net change in the total number of battleships across the world.[[note]]The Washington and London Naval Treaties in OTL specifically prohibited this, because they predicted this exact scenario. All excess warships had to be scrapped or have their guns and/or armor stripped off to be used as training ships.[[/note]]
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* HistoricalDowngrade: [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler is killed before ever starting his political career, so he is simply an
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** The KKK and Southern Whites, aligned with the Wilson Administration, had made Blacks' already misrable lives in the South even worse over the CivilWar out of paranoia of Red sympathies, racism and sheer frustration at the economic deprivations they are enduring due to the conflict. This only served to galvanise the African-Americans into supporting the revolution, and with support and supplies provided to them by the IWW, they would launch the Memphis Uprising which set the entire 'Black Belt' aflame, which would eventually lead to the collapse of the White forces in the Southern United States.
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** The KKK and Southern Whites, aligned with the Wilson Administration, had made Blacks' already misrable miserable lives in the South even worse over the CivilWar out of paranoia of Red sympathies, racism and sheer frustration at the economic deprivations they are enduring due to the conflict. This only served to galvanise the African-Americans into supporting the revolution, and with support and supplies provided to them by the IWW, they would launch the Memphis Uprising which set the entire 'Black Belt' aflame, which would eventually lead to the collapse of the White forces in the Southern United States.
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** Creator/TomClancy, Hillary Clinton, F.W. de Klerke, Rand Paul, Dennis Prager, Condoleeza Rice, Creator/AaronSorkin, George Soros, and [[Creator/GamesWorkshop Matt Ward]] are the authors of some of the in-universe historical texts.
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** Creator/TomClancy, Hillary Clinton, UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, F.W. de Klerke, Rand Paul, Dennis Prager, Condoleeza Rice, Creator/AaronSorkin, George Soros, and [[Creator/GamesWorkshop Matt Ward]] are the authors of some of the in-universe historical texts.
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** George Patton becomes a director after the war.
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** George Patton becomes a film director after the war.war.
** William Joyce, known IOTL as the Nazi radio propagandist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw Lord Haw-Haw]] becomes a leader in the [[spoiler:British falangist government.]]
** William Joyce, known IOTL as the Nazi radio propagandist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw Lord Haw-Haw]] becomes a leader in the [[spoiler:British falangist government.]]
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[[spoiler:- From The Enemy Was In Our House: How We Surrendered Britain To Falangism by UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill]]
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[[spoiler:- From The "The Enemy Was In Our House: How We Surrendered Britain To Falangism Falangism" by UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill]]
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** [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler is killed in 1920 by a stray bullet from an assassin going after Austrian politician Ignaz Seipel]].
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** [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler is [[MurphysBullet killed in 1920 by a stray bullet bullet]] from an assassin going after Austrian politician Ignaz Seipel]].
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* AssholeVictim: Meshakhad enjoys condemning racists to unpleasant ends:
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_K._Kubli Kaspar K. Kubli]], a KKK-affiliated politician, is mauled to death by a bear after fleeing with the remnants of the Oregon National Guard into California.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_D._Smith Ellison "Cotton Ed" Smith]], a former Senator and a virulent racist, dies of pneumonia due to being unable to keep his London flat heated.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_K._Kubli Kaspar K. Kubli]], a KKK-affiliated politician, is mauled to death by a bear after fleeing with the remnants of the Oregon National Guard into California.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_D._Smith Ellison "Cotton Ed" Smith]], a former Senator and a virulent racist, dies of pneumonia due to being unable to keep his London flat heated.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** Huey Long's partisans were entirely willing to break into a Klansman's home and strangle him in his bed.
** The Army of Cleveland's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Army of the Ohio after the Huffington Massacres includes the use of [[DeadlyGas chemical weapons]].
** Huey Long's partisans were entirely willing to break into a Klansman's home and strangle him in his bed.
** The Army of Cleveland's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Army of the Ohio after the Huffington Massacres includes the use of [[DeadlyGas chemical weapons]].
