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* BlackAndGreyMorality: In one scenario, Cody explores what would have happened if UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky had come to power after Lenin's death instead of Joseph Stalin. He points out that while Stalin and his policies were certainly terrible, Leon Trotsky was also a fanatic willing to kill for communist ideology. Cody concludes Leon Trotsky would have led the Soviet Union down that path of jingoism by spreading communist ideology everywhere through military action, potentially even triggering World War II by scaring the hell out of the West.
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: In one scenario, Cody explores what would have happened if UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky had come to power after Lenin's death instead of Joseph Stalin. He points out that while Stalin and his policies were certainly terrible, Leon Trotsky was also a fanatic willing to kill for communist ideology. Cody concludes Leon Trotsky would have led the Soviet Union down that path of jingoism by spreading communist ideology everywhere through military action, potentially even triggering World War II by scaring the hell out of the West.West and legitimizing the fears stoked by the Nazis.
-->'''Nazi sign:''' The Bolshevik Jews are going to invade us!\\
'''Caption:''' *Bolshevik Jew invades*
-->'''Nazi sign:''' The Bolshevik Jews are going to invade us!\\
'''Caption:''' *Bolshevik Jew invades*
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** ''What if Trotsky had taken control of the Soviet Union instead of Stalin?'' Possibly Trotsky starting World War 2.
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** ''What if Trotsky had taken control of the Soviet Union instead of Stalin?'' Possibly Trotsky starting World War 2.II much earlier because of his much more insistent desire for violent revolution.
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* ButterflyOfDoom: Most of Cody's videos change one specific thing and see what happens. Frequently, this results in wide-ranging effects:
** ''What if Trotsky had taken control of the Soviet Union instead of Stalin?'' Possibly Trotsky starting World War 2.
** One of the most significant changes he talks about is in ''What if the Fourth Plane hit its target? (9/11)'' He brings up the fact that, the only reason we see the White House and the Capitol Building today, both possible targets, is because Flight 93's takeoff was delayed by 40 minutes.
** ''What if the Soviets Never Invaded Afghanistan?'' Cody proposes that even if the communist revolution in Afghanistan was delayed by just a few years, such as 1985, Afghanistan is spared 40 years of war, Al Qaeda doesn't control the country, and a 9/11-style attack on the U.S. is highly unlikely. In our timeline, the Soviet politician who ordered the Soviets to invade Afghanistan died 2 years later. By 1985, Gorbachev would've been in power, and he never would've sent the military in.
** In ''What if the Civil War Never Happened?'' Cody reveals if the Cotton Gin was never invented, cotton would be so labor intensive and expensive that many Southern Plantation owners would just either quit farming cotton to raise sheep instead and those that can still afford to grow cotton would free their slaves since it was cheaper to hire them, which would eventually made the Southern States abolish slavery as it would be economically unfeasible to continue the practice. Furthermore, without the massive wealth they got from cotton in the original timeline, the Southern Plantation owners wouldn't have the money and influence to convince Southern Politicians to continue the practice of Slavery. On the other hand, while Slavery would be abolished with no bloodshed, non-whites are still treated as Second class citizens since the Civil War help gave non-whites equal rights in the original timeline.
** This plays a huge part in ''What if Napoleon Never Rose to Power?'' Cody pitches a scenario where Napoleon was exiled by the Revolutionary Directory before he could take political control. The resulting Butterfly Effect makes the world ''unrecognizable'':
*** France is left rudderless. The easiest solution is that disenfranchised Catholics eventually rise up with the help of the Pope. But left bankrupt by years of corruption and repeated wars, France doesn't affect the world for ''a very long time''.
*** The Napoleonic Code is never a thing, and law in Continental Europe remains closer to later feudal realities.
*** The Napoleonic Wars, and their resulting Coalitions, never happen. The lack of influence and motivation to restore the monarchy in France ironically accelerates liberalization in Continental Europe, though not quite in a revolutionary way.
*** The Congress of Vienna doesn't take place. Since Germany and Italy were not reorganized under Napoleon, their respective paths to unification are more difficult. Prussia is unable to easily control the unification of Germany. Italy doesn't unify at all. Even further down the line, this eliminates the collective motivations that led to ''both World Wars''.
*** Because France didn't conquer Spain, the revolutions in Latin America are delayed for decades.
*** Because Napoleon didn't get Louisiana, it's not easily sold to the United States. Manifest Destiny becomes much harder to achieve as they have to either buy from, or battle, Spain to extend their territory across the continent. A Spanish-American War comes half a century earlier, while the U.S. Civil War is consequentially delayed a couple decades, becoming even more catastrophic with more modern weaponry the further it is delayed.
*** The 20th century, as a result, becomes completely impossible to predict, and Cody doesn't even try to describe what could happen beyond the 1890s.
** In ''The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)'', Cody explores how Woodrow Wilson's presidency impacted (read: ruined) the 20th century and how history would've changed if America had instead elected Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, which they could've had he won the Republican nomination in 1912.
*** Unlike Wilson, Roosevelt was a bellicose person who sought to promote America on the world stage. Once World War I broke out, Roosevelt would've immediately brought America to war as soon as he could. An earlier entry into World War would mean that Germany would've been beaten by 1917. This also would've ensured Russia wins the war, possibly with the help of American aid, and thus it doesn't fall to the Bolshevik. This prevents Hitler's rise to power, since there would be no fear of communism that Hitler capitalized on..
*** Wilson promoted a paternalistic foreign policy agenda, known as Wilsonianism, in which America would intervene militarily in other nations to promote American interests while claiming it was for the "good" of others. The rise of communism led to America's foreign policy becoming Wilsonian. Woodrow Wilson's actions contributed to the Cold War and later the War on Terror.
*** The absence of communism means more pro-worker policies are implemented without a RedScare disuadding people away from such legislation and Roosevelt as President could implement more progressive legislation in the aftermath of a successful American victory, like recall elections for judges and a national health care system.
** ''What if Japan Had Converted to Christianity?'' downplays widespread shifts in history. In a scenario where a failure of Tokugawa to unite Japan enables Catholicism to take root, all it does ''within Japan'' is delay some of the internal conflicts of the OTL and change their motives. But Cody does see a possible scenario where Catholicism leads to the Latin alphabet more directly influencing the Japanese language--though via Portuguese instead of English. Japan potentially conquers and converts Korea sooner, and expands that mission further into the Orient. A Catholic Japan also allies more closely with the Portuguese and Spanish, and has more interest in the Spanish Philippines, leading to a complication to the Spanish-American War.
** In ''What if the Muslims Kept Spain?'', a re-telling of a previous timeline where the Reconquista didn't happen, preventing the rise of Navarre in particular butterflys away most of the rulers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; in all likelihood, the British isles and English language (if it survives) become a lot more French as a result. Cordoba would become one of the drivers of intellect in Europe. This also greatly mutes--if not totally averting--the Protestant Reformation, since many of the issues Martin Luther had with the Roman Catholic Church are either non-existent or not as bad. While perhaps delayed, Al-Andalus would eventually do everything Portugal did in the OTL, eventually sailing down the coast of Africa--and all it would take is for one of their ships to be blown off-course at the right point for them to discover America.
** While ''What if Nixon Was Never President?'' [[ZigZaggingTrope leans more in the other direction]], not having Nixon as President does come with one important change: Jimmy Carter is never President later, and therefore there is no Camp David Accords. Cody only notes that this results in the Arab world not being fractured by the peace between Israel and Egypt. His implication frames this as a SelfFulfillingProphecy, suggesting that Israel's relatively free hand against Palestinians is the direct result of Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
** ''What if Russia was Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod become Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
** ''What if Trotsky had taken control of the Soviet Union instead of Stalin?'' Possibly Trotsky starting World War 2.
** One of the most significant changes he talks about is in ''What if the Fourth Plane hit its target? (9/11)'' He brings up the fact that, the only reason we see the White House and the Capitol Building today, both possible targets, is because Flight 93's takeoff was delayed by 40 minutes.
** ''What if the Soviets Never Invaded Afghanistan?'' Cody proposes that even if the communist revolution in Afghanistan was delayed by just a few years, such as 1985, Afghanistan is spared 40 years of war, Al Qaeda doesn't control the country, and a 9/11-style attack on the U.S. is highly unlikely. In our timeline, the Soviet politician who ordered the Soviets to invade Afghanistan died 2 years later. By 1985, Gorbachev would've been in power, and he never would've sent the military in.
** In ''What if the Civil War Never Happened?'' Cody reveals if the Cotton Gin was never invented, cotton would be so labor intensive and expensive that many Southern Plantation owners would just either quit farming cotton to raise sheep instead and those that can still afford to grow cotton would free their slaves since it was cheaper to hire them, which would eventually made the Southern States abolish slavery as it would be economically unfeasible to continue the practice. Furthermore, without the massive wealth they got from cotton in the original timeline, the Southern Plantation owners wouldn't have the money and influence to convince Southern Politicians to continue the practice of Slavery. On the other hand, while Slavery would be abolished with no bloodshed, non-whites are still treated as Second class citizens since the Civil War help gave non-whites equal rights in the original timeline.
** This plays a huge part in ''What if Napoleon Never Rose to Power?'' Cody pitches a scenario where Napoleon was exiled by the Revolutionary Directory before he could take political control. The resulting Butterfly Effect makes the world ''unrecognizable'':
*** France is left rudderless. The easiest solution is that disenfranchised Catholics eventually rise up with the help of the Pope. But left bankrupt by years of corruption and repeated wars, France doesn't affect the world for ''a very long time''.
*** The Napoleonic Code is never a thing, and law in Continental Europe remains closer to later feudal realities.
*** The Napoleonic Wars, and their resulting Coalitions, never happen. The lack of influence and motivation to restore the monarchy in France ironically accelerates liberalization in Continental Europe, though not quite in a revolutionary way.
*** The Congress of Vienna doesn't take place. Since Germany and Italy were not reorganized under Napoleon, their respective paths to unification are more difficult. Prussia is unable to easily control the unification of Germany. Italy doesn't unify at all. Even further down the line, this eliminates the collective motivations that led to ''both World Wars''.
*** Because France didn't conquer Spain, the revolutions in Latin America are delayed for decades.
*** Because Napoleon didn't get Louisiana, it's not easily sold to the United States. Manifest Destiny becomes much harder to achieve as they have to either buy from, or battle, Spain to extend their territory across the continent. A Spanish-American War comes half a century earlier, while the U.S. Civil War is consequentially delayed a couple decades, becoming even more catastrophic with more modern weaponry the further it is delayed.
*** The 20th century, as a result, becomes completely impossible to predict, and Cody doesn't even try to describe what could happen beyond the 1890s.
** In ''The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)'', Cody explores how Woodrow Wilson's presidency impacted (read: ruined) the 20th century and how history would've changed if America had instead elected Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, which they could've had he won the Republican nomination in 1912.
*** Unlike Wilson, Roosevelt was a bellicose person who sought to promote America on the world stage. Once World War I broke out, Roosevelt would've immediately brought America to war as soon as he could. An earlier entry into World War would mean that Germany would've been beaten by 1917. This also would've ensured Russia wins the war, possibly with the help of American aid, and thus it doesn't fall to the Bolshevik. This prevents Hitler's rise to power, since there would be no fear of communism that Hitler capitalized on..
*** Wilson promoted a paternalistic foreign policy agenda, known as Wilsonianism, in which America would intervene militarily in other nations to promote American interests while claiming it was for the "good" of others. The rise of communism led to America's foreign policy becoming Wilsonian. Woodrow Wilson's actions contributed to the Cold War and later the War on Terror.
*** The absence of communism means more pro-worker policies are implemented without a RedScare disuadding people away from such legislation and Roosevelt as President could implement more progressive legislation in the aftermath of a successful American victory, like recall elections for judges and a national health care system.
** ''What if Japan Had Converted to Christianity?'' downplays widespread shifts in history. In a scenario where a failure of Tokugawa to unite Japan enables Catholicism to take root, all it does ''within Japan'' is delay some of the internal conflicts of the OTL and change their motives. But Cody does see a possible scenario where Catholicism leads to the Latin alphabet more directly influencing the Japanese language--though via Portuguese instead of English. Japan potentially conquers and converts Korea sooner, and expands that mission further into the Orient. A Catholic Japan also allies more closely with the Portuguese and Spanish, and has more interest in the Spanish Philippines, leading to a complication to the Spanish-American War.
** In ''What if the Muslims Kept Spain?'', a re-telling of a previous timeline where the Reconquista didn't happen, preventing the rise of Navarre in particular butterflys away most of the rulers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; in all likelihood, the British isles and English language (if it survives) become a lot more French as a result. Cordoba would become one of the drivers of intellect in Europe. This also greatly mutes--if not totally averting--the Protestant Reformation, since many of the issues Martin Luther had with the Roman Catholic Church are either non-existent or not as bad. While perhaps delayed, Al-Andalus would eventually do everything Portugal did in the OTL, eventually sailing down the coast of Africa--and all it would take is for one of their ships to be blown off-course at the right point for them to discover America.
** While ''What if Nixon Was Never President?'' [[ZigZaggingTrope leans more in the other direction]], not having Nixon as President does come with one important change: Jimmy Carter is never President later, and therefore there is no Camp David Accords. Cody only notes that this results in the Arab world not being fractured by the peace between Israel and Egypt. His implication frames this as a SelfFulfillingProphecy, suggesting that Israel's relatively free hand against Palestinians is the direct result of Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
** ''What if Russia was Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod become Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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* ForWantOfANail: Most of Cody's videos change one specific thing and see what happens. Frequently, this results in wide-ranging effects:
** ''What if Trotsky had taken control of the Soviet Union instead of Stalin?'' Possibly Trotsky starting World War 2.
** One of the most significant changes he talks about is in ''What if the Fourth Plane hit its target? (9/11)'' He brings up the fact that, the only reason we see the White House and the Capitol Building today, both possible targets, is because Flight 93's takeoff was delayed by 40 minutes.
** ''What if the Soviets Never Invaded Afghanistan?'' Cody proposes that even if the communist revolution in Afghanistan was delayed by just a few years, such as 1985, Afghanistan is spared 40 years of war, Al Qaeda doesn't control the country, and a 9/11-style attack on the U.S. is highly unlikely. In our timeline, the Soviet politician who ordered the Soviets to invade Afghanistan died 2 years later. By 1985, Gorbachev would've been in power, and he never would've sent the military in.
** In ''What if the Civil War Never Happened?'' Cody reveals if the Cotton Gin was never invented, cotton would be so labor intensive and expensive that many Southern Plantation owners would just either quit farming cotton to raise sheep instead and those that can still afford to grow cotton would free their slaves since it was cheaper to hire them, which would eventually made the Southern States abolish slavery as it would be economically unfeasible to continue the practice. Furthermore, without the massive wealth they got from cotton in the original timeline, the Southern Plantation owners wouldn't have the money and influence to convince Southern Politicians to continue the practice of Slavery. On the other hand, while Slavery would be abolished with no bloodshed, non-whites are still treated as Second class citizens since the Civil War help gave non-whites equal rights in the original timeline.
** This plays a huge part in ''What if Napoleon Never Rose to Power?'' Cody pitches a scenario where Napoleon was exiled by the Revolutionary Directory before he could take political control. The resulting Butterfly Effect makes the world ''unrecognizable'':
*** France is left rudderless. The easiest solution is that disenfranchised Catholics eventually rise up with the help of the Pope. But left bankrupt by years of corruption and repeated wars, France doesn't affect the world for ''a very long time''.
*** The Napoleonic Code is never a thing, and law in Continental Europe remains closer to later feudal realities.
*** The Napoleonic Wars, and their resulting Coalitions, never happen. The lack of influence and motivation to restore the monarchy in France ironically accelerates liberalization in Continental Europe, though not quite in a revolutionary way.
*** The Congress of Vienna doesn't take place. Since Germany and Italy were not reorganized under Napoleon, their respective paths to unification are more difficult. Prussia is unable to easily control the unification of Germany. Italy doesn't unify at all. Even further down the line, this eliminates the collective motivations that led to ''both World Wars''.
*** Because France didn't conquer Spain, the revolutions in Latin America are delayed for decades.
*** Because Napoleon didn't get Louisiana, it's not easily sold to the United States. Manifest Destiny becomes much harder to achieve as they have to either buy from, or battle, Spain to extend their territory across the continent. A Spanish-American War comes half a century earlier, while the U.S. Civil War is consequentially delayed a couple decades, becoming even more catastrophic with more modern weaponry the further it is delayed.
*** The 20th century, as a result, becomes completely impossible to predict, and Cody doesn't even try to describe what could happen beyond the 1890s.
** In ''The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)'', Cody explores how Woodrow Wilson's presidency impacted (read: ruined) the 20th century and how history would've changed if America had instead elected Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, which they could've had he won the Republican nomination in 1912.
*** Unlike Wilson, Roosevelt was a bellicose person who sought to promote America on the world stage. Once World War I broke out, Roosevelt would've immediately brought America to war as soon as he could. An earlier entry into World War would mean that Germany would've been beaten by 1917. This also would've ensured Russia wins the war, possibly with the help of American aid, and thus it doesn't fall to the Bolshevik. This prevents Hitler's rise to power, since there would be no fear of communism that Hitler capitalized on..
*** Wilson promoted a paternalistic foreign policy agenda, known as Wilsonianism, in which America would intervene militarily in other nations to promote American interests while claiming it was for the "good" of others. The rise of communism led to America's foreign policy becoming Wilsonian. Woodrow Wilson's actions contributed to the Cold War and later the War on Terror.
*** The absence of communism means more pro-worker policies are implemented without a RedScare disuadding people away from such legislation and Roosevelt as President could implement more progressive legislation in the aftermath of a successful American victory, like recall elections for judges and a national health care system.
** ''What if Japan Had Converted to Christianity?'' downplays widespread shifts in history. In a scenario where a failure of Tokugawa to unite Japan enables Catholicism to take root, all it does ''within Japan'' is delay some of the internal conflicts of the OTL and change their motives. But Cody does see a possible scenario where Catholicism leads to the Latin alphabet more directly influencing the Japanese language--though via Portuguese instead of English. Japan potentially conquers and converts Korea sooner, and expands that mission further into the Orient. A Catholic Japan also allies more closely with the Portuguese and Spanish, and has more interest in the Spanish Philippines, leading to a complication to the Spanish-American War.
** In ''What if the Muslims Kept Spain?'', a re-telling of a previous timeline where the Reconquista didn't happen, preventing the rise of Navarre in particular butterflys away most of the rulers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; in all likelihood, the British isles and English language (if it survives) become a lot more French as a result. Cordoba would become one of the drivers of intellect in Europe. This also greatly mutes--if not totally averting--the Protestant Reformation, since many of the issues Martin Luther had with the Roman Catholic Church are either non-existent or not as bad. While perhaps delayed, Al-Andalus would eventually do everything Portugal did in the OTL, eventually sailing down the coast of Africa--and all it would take is for one of their ships to be blown off-course at the right point for them to discover America.
** While ''What if Nixon Was Never President?'' [[ZigZaggingTrope leans more in the other direction]], not having Nixon as President does come with one important change: Jimmy Carter is never President later, and therefore there is no Camp David Accords. Cody only notes that this results in the Arab world not being fractured by the peace between Israel and Egypt. His implication frames this as a SelfFulfillingProphecy, suggesting that Israel's relatively free hand against Palestinians is the direct result of Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
** ''What if Russia was Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod become Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
** ''What if Trotsky had taken control of the Soviet Union instead of Stalin?'' Possibly Trotsky starting World War 2.
** One of the most significant changes he talks about is in ''What if the Fourth Plane hit its target? (9/11)'' He brings up the fact that, the only reason we see the White House and the Capitol Building today, both possible targets, is because Flight 93's takeoff was delayed by 40 minutes.
** ''What if the Soviets Never Invaded Afghanistan?'' Cody proposes that even if the communist revolution in Afghanistan was delayed by just a few years, such as 1985, Afghanistan is spared 40 years of war, Al Qaeda doesn't control the country, and a 9/11-style attack on the U.S. is highly unlikely. In our timeline, the Soviet politician who ordered the Soviets to invade Afghanistan died 2 years later. By 1985, Gorbachev would've been in power, and he never would've sent the military in.
** In ''What if the Civil War Never Happened?'' Cody reveals if the Cotton Gin was never invented, cotton would be so labor intensive and expensive that many Southern Plantation owners would just either quit farming cotton to raise sheep instead and those that can still afford to grow cotton would free their slaves since it was cheaper to hire them, which would eventually made the Southern States abolish slavery as it would be economically unfeasible to continue the practice. Furthermore, without the massive wealth they got from cotton in the original timeline, the Southern Plantation owners wouldn't have the money and influence to convince Southern Politicians to continue the practice of Slavery. On the other hand, while Slavery would be abolished with no bloodshed, non-whites are still treated as Second class citizens since the Civil War help gave non-whites equal rights in the original timeline.
** This plays a huge part in ''What if Napoleon Never Rose to Power?'' Cody pitches a scenario where Napoleon was exiled by the Revolutionary Directory before he could take political control. The resulting Butterfly Effect makes the world ''unrecognizable'':
*** France is left rudderless. The easiest solution is that disenfranchised Catholics eventually rise up with the help of the Pope. But left bankrupt by years of corruption and repeated wars, France doesn't affect the world for ''a very long time''.
*** The Napoleonic Code is never a thing, and law in Continental Europe remains closer to later feudal realities.
*** The Napoleonic Wars, and their resulting Coalitions, never happen. The lack of influence and motivation to restore the monarchy in France ironically accelerates liberalization in Continental Europe, though not quite in a revolutionary way.
*** The Congress of Vienna doesn't take place. Since Germany and Italy were not reorganized under Napoleon, their respective paths to unification are more difficult. Prussia is unable to easily control the unification of Germany. Italy doesn't unify at all. Even further down the line, this eliminates the collective motivations that led to ''both World Wars''.
*** Because France didn't conquer Spain, the revolutions in Latin America are delayed for decades.
*** Because Napoleon didn't get Louisiana, it's not easily sold to the United States. Manifest Destiny becomes much harder to achieve as they have to either buy from, or battle, Spain to extend their territory across the continent. A Spanish-American War comes half a century earlier, while the U.S. Civil War is consequentially delayed a couple decades, becoming even more catastrophic with more modern weaponry the further it is delayed.
*** The 20th century, as a result, becomes completely impossible to predict, and Cody doesn't even try to describe what could happen beyond the 1890s.
** In ''The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)'', Cody explores how Woodrow Wilson's presidency impacted (read: ruined) the 20th century and how history would've changed if America had instead elected Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, which they could've had he won the Republican nomination in 1912.
*** Unlike Wilson, Roosevelt was a bellicose person who sought to promote America on the world stage. Once World War I broke out, Roosevelt would've immediately brought America to war as soon as he could. An earlier entry into World War would mean that Germany would've been beaten by 1917. This also would've ensured Russia wins the war, possibly with the help of American aid, and thus it doesn't fall to the Bolshevik. This prevents Hitler's rise to power, since there would be no fear of communism that Hitler capitalized on..
*** Wilson promoted a paternalistic foreign policy agenda, known as Wilsonianism, in which America would intervene militarily in other nations to promote American interests while claiming it was for the "good" of others. The rise of communism led to America's foreign policy becoming Wilsonian. Woodrow Wilson's actions contributed to the Cold War and later the War on Terror.
*** The absence of communism means more pro-worker policies are implemented without a RedScare disuadding people away from such legislation and Roosevelt as President could implement more progressive legislation in the aftermath of a successful American victory, like recall elections for judges and a national health care system.
** ''What if Japan Had Converted to Christianity?'' downplays widespread shifts in history. In a scenario where a failure of Tokugawa to unite Japan enables Catholicism to take root, all it does ''within Japan'' is delay some of the internal conflicts of the OTL and change their motives. But Cody does see a possible scenario where Catholicism leads to the Latin alphabet more directly influencing the Japanese language--though via Portuguese instead of English. Japan potentially conquers and converts Korea sooner, and expands that mission further into the Orient. A Catholic Japan also allies more closely with the Portuguese and Spanish, and has more interest in the Spanish Philippines, leading to a complication to the Spanish-American War.
** In ''What if the Muslims Kept Spain?'', a re-telling of a previous timeline where the Reconquista didn't happen, preventing the rise of Navarre in particular butterflys away most of the rulers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; in all likelihood, the British isles and English language (if it survives) become a lot more French as a result. Cordoba would become one of the drivers of intellect in Europe. This also greatly mutes--if not totally averting--the Protestant Reformation, since many of the issues Martin Luther had with the Roman Catholic Church are either non-existent or not as bad. While perhaps delayed, Al-Andalus would eventually do everything Portugal did in the OTL, eventually sailing down the coast of Africa--and all it would take is for one of their ships to be blown off-course at the right point for them to discover America.
** While ''What if Nixon Was Never President?'' [[ZigZaggingTrope leans more in the other direction]], not having Nixon as President does come with one important change: Jimmy Carter is never President later, and therefore there is no Camp David Accords. Cody only notes that this results in the Arab world not being fractured by the peace between Israel and Egypt. His implication frames this as a SelfFulfillingProphecy, suggesting that Israel's relatively free hand against Palestinians is the direct result of Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
** ''What if Russia was Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod become Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: It's argued that Woodrow Wilson, America's 28th President, [[ForWantOfANail is responsible for many of its modern problems due to his election to office]]. On top of his racism and hypocrisy, his mismanagement of World War I and its aftermath set the stage for many of the problems of the 20th and 21st century.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: It's argued that Woodrow Wilson, America's 28th President, [[ForWantOfANail [[ButterflyOfDoom is responsible for many of its modern problems due to his election to office]]. On top of his racism and hypocrisy, his mismanagement of World War I and its aftermath set the stage for many of the problems of the 20th and 21st century.
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* AncientAstronauts: Brought up in a video covering (and [[TakeThat mercilessly lampooning]]) ''Series/AncientAliens''. Cody explains that he dislikes this idea since it implies that [[CreativeSterility humanity has had zero agency throughout it's entire existence]], and promptly tears apart the concept by expressing that ''Ancient Aliens''' [[TheHorseshoeEffect is just as much a religion as any other]] because of this.
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* AncientAstronauts: Brought up in a video covering (and [[TakeThat mercilessly lampooning]]) ''Series/AncientAliens''. Cody explains that he dislikes this idea since it implies that [[CreativeSterility humanity has had zero agency throughout it's its entire existence]], and promptly tears apart the concept by expressing that as much as it likes to ramble on about how various events in ''Literature/TheBible'', the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'', and other religious texts are supposedly "misinterpretations" of alien activity, ''Ancient Aliens''' Aliens'' [[TheHorseshoeEffect is just as much a religion as any other]] because of this.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8yWU_urRDw What if Dragons Existed?]]'', dragons would be hunted to extinction due to being a threat to humanity.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8yWU_urRDw What if Dragons Existed?]]'', European dragons would be hunted to extinction due to being a threat to humanity.
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** ''What if Sweden Won the Great Northern War?'' Even if Sweden won the war, the Swedish Empire would not be able to hold on to its territories for long due to lacking a larger population of Swedes and instead relying on its non-Swedish subjects to maintain its dominions, which would only allow them to exploit on Sweden's weakness. The best chance of Sweden retaining its power is having itself the leader of a Scandinavian union and in time developed a better alliance with its neighbors. However, Sweden will be in constant wars against Russia, who only saw its loss in the Great Northern War a temporary setback and are firmly determined to gain access to the Baltic Sea, and will inevitably losses its territories to the Russians.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Discussed in "What if Trotsky Came To Power Instead Of Stalin?" with Cypher. The main reason Trotsky is viewed as a what if and people think he would have been better than Stalin is due to ''Literature/AnimalFarm''. In reality, it was extremely unlikely he could have come to power, and there is a very good chance he would have been as bad as, if not ''worse'' than, Stalin, with the main positives being that UsefulNotes/TheHolodomor is nowhere near as severe and the economy is somewhat better run. This would come at the cost of Trotsky most likely sending significantly more people to the Gulags due to being an ideological purist, and starting World War 2 early in his drive to spread the revolution by force, causing the Western Democracies to ally with the fascist states, and legitimizing fascism as an ideology.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Discussed in "What if Trotsky Came To Power Instead Of Stalin?" with Cypher. The main reason Trotsky is viewed as a what if and people think he would have been better than Stalin is due to ''Literature/AnimalFarm''. In reality, it was extremely unlikely he could have come to power, and there is a very good chance he would have been as bad as, if not ''worse'' than, Stalin, with the main positives being that UsefulNotes/TheHolodomor is nowhere near as severe and the economy is somewhat better run. This would come at the cost of Trotsky most likely sending significantly more people to the Gulags due to being an ideological purist, and starting World War 2 early in his drive to spread the revolution by force, causing the Western Democracies to ally with the fascist states, and legitimizing fascism as an ideology.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNoNkJc2CZE What if Trump Was Never Elected President?]], which is about the obvious alternative winner...[[spoiler:Jeb Bush becoming president, and goes increasingly off the rails as it turns into TabletopGame/Warhammer40000]].
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: "What if Big Bird Exploded in the Challenger Disaster?" was meant to be this, as Cody originally wanted to just look at how absurd the idea in and of itself was. But then he started researching the disaster itself, and wound up falling down a rabbit hole that pushed the video back a month.
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** "What if [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]] Exploded in the Challenger Disaster?" was, per Cody's admission, originally meant to be an AprilFoolsDay video tackling the absurdity of the hypothetical. But after spending too much time researching the circumstances leading up to the disaster itself, Cody winds up reaching an alternate conclusion by the end of the video. Namely, ''if'' they managed to get Big Bird to take part in Challenger, [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding the launch would've been pushed back, and the shuttle wouldn't have exploded.]]
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** The message of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLiI6kXZkZI The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)]] [[KnowNothingKnowItAll is considering only your own worldview while ignoring the considerations of others will have terrible consequences]]. Woodrow Wilson's arrogant attitude to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI set the stage for many of the problems of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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** The message of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLiI6kXZkZI The "The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)]] Happened)"]] [[KnowNothingKnowItAll is considering only your own worldview while ignoring the considerations of others will have terrible consequences]]. Woodrow Wilson's arrogant attitude to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI set the stage for many of the problems of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Cody characterizes UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson as this in "The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)." He was a man who arrogantly believed in his own intelligence and moral superiority. This led him to catastrophically mismanage America's involvement in World War I, to the point its consequences are still being felt.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOm8EwuJ94 "What if Germany Had Been Split Differently After WWII?"]] condemns unfiltered revenge as a policy-making tool, stating flatly that the Morgenthau plan[[note]]Balkanizing Germany, completely deindustrializing the Rhineland, and reverting the country to an agrarian state, which without industrial fertilizer would result in a famine killing 25 million Germans[[/note]] would have been an excessively cruel punishment on par with the Holodomor and the Holocaust, effectively [[NiceJobBreakingItHero validating the Nazis]]. Any governments left behind would not be supported by the people and will swiftly collapse due to lack of food, economy, and institutions when foreign support pulls out.
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** The message of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLiI6kXZkZI The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)]] [[KnowNothingKnowItAll is considering only your own worldview while ignoring the considerations of others will have terrible consequences]]. Woodrow Wilson's arrogant attitude to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI set the stage for many of the problems of the 20th and 21st centuries.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOm8EwuJ94 "What if Germany Had Been Split Differently After WWII?"]] condemns unfiltered revenge as a policy-making tool, stating flatly that the Morgenthau plan[[note]]Balkanizing Germany, completely deindustrializing the Rhineland, and reverting the country to an agrarian state, which without industrial fertilizer would result in a famine killing 25 million Germans[[/note]] would have been an excessively cruel punishment on par withthe Holodomor UsefulNotes/TheHolodomor and the Holocaust, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust, effectively [[NiceJobBreakingItHero validating the Nazis]]. Any governments left behind would not be supported by the people and will swiftly collapse due to lack of food, economy, and institutions when foreign support pulls out.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOm8EwuJ94 "What if Germany Had Been Split Differently After WWII?"]] condemns unfiltered revenge as a policy-making tool, stating flatly that the Morgenthau plan[[note]]Balkanizing Germany, completely deindustrializing the Rhineland, and reverting the country to an agrarian state, which without industrial fertilizer would result in a famine killing 25 million Germans[[/note]] would have been an excessively cruel punishment on par with
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* VisualPun: ''The War That Came Early: An Average Video About A Bad Series'' has a few. Nazi Germany overextending its reach and being stretched too thin has Nazi Germany literally getting stretched and distorted, and when Cody says "Hitler jumped the gun", Hitler physically jumps over a gun.
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* WhamLine: In ''What if the Cuba Missile Crisis Went Hot?'', the Americans are steamrolling through Cuba, confident that they can secure Cuba's sole nuclear launcher without the conflict escalating into a nuclear exchange. Suddenly:
-->'''Cody:''' [[spoiler: ''(white flash, then footage of a nuclear explosion)'' Thousands of Americans are vaporized in an instant. The Cubans didn't have just one nuclear launcher. They, along with the Soviets, had a hundred tactical nukes the Americans knew nothing about.]]
-->'''Cody:''' [[spoiler: ''(white flash, then footage of a nuclear explosion)'' Thousands of Americans are vaporized in an instant. The Cubans didn't have just one nuclear launcher. They, along with the Soviets, had a hundred tactical nukes the Americans knew nothing about.]]
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** ''What if the Berlin Blockade Sparked War III'' has both the United States and Soviet Union caught into war in 1949 after a small skirmish. However, both sides are unprepared for war as the Americans didn't have the troops to defend Western Europe, and the Soviets didn't have a nuclear arsenal at the time. Countless Soviet tanks from the East overrun the outnumbered Americans and their allies. But the Soviets could not hold Western Europe for long and American nuclear bombers nuked the Soviets into submission than what Nazi Germany did in all of World War II.
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** ''What if the Berlin Blockade Sparked World War III'' has both the United States and Soviet Union caught into war in 1949 after a small skirmish. However, both sides are unprepared for war as the Americans didn't have the troops to defend Western Europe, and the Soviets didn't have a nuclear arsenal at the time. Countless Soviet tanks from the East overrun the outnumbered Americans and their allies. But the Soviets could not hold Western Europe for long and American nuclear bombers nuked the Soviets into submission than what Nazi Germany did in all of World War II.
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* EpicFail: ''What if the Haitian Revolution Failed?'' becomes this, as the entire scenario Cody works through becomes too similar to what really happened for his liking. It only pushes historical timelines in the Americas back a few decades. He notes he'll think of a better scenario.
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** ''What if the Haitian Revolution failed?'' This wouldn't have made Haiti a paradise, but the lack of the only successful slave revolt in the West means that it remains a French colony for a few more decades before slavery is abolished anyway, and it wouldn't have been as impoverished and isolated as it is today. The failure also means there would be no massacres of remaining whites in Haiti, which wouldn't have scared the Confederacy and been used as propaganda to maintain the institution, although that just becomes one fewer justification for them to secede. The only notable changes are that America takes longer to buy the Louisiana Territory and Simon Bolivar doesn't have a place to retreat to and catch his breath, although Cody points out that Spain likely wouldn't have been able to hold their Latin American colonies for long anyway.
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*** The one potential Republican successor to Hoover that Cody gives a chance to salvage a second term is Illinois governor Frank Lowden, since his laissez-faire policies were similar to Hoover's. If Lowden manages to salvage a second term, it would have a ripple effect that could stifle the growth of the American federal government.
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* VindicatedByHistory: InUniverse, the result of the Morgenthau Plan, a proposal that would forcibly de-industrialize Germany, would not only be the starvation of the millions of Germans but making fascism out to be correct in the eyes of the Germans.
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* MultipleEndings: Some of Cody's scenarios branch off into multiple possibilities. At the end of 2022, Cody noted in ''What if Hoover Was President Earlier?'' that he wanted to do multiple-outcome scenarios more often.
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** ''What if Russia was Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod becoming Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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** ''What if Russia was Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod becoming become Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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** ''[[https://youtu.be/SameGjjXjmQ?t=41 What if Russia was Muslim?]]'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod becoming Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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** ''[[https://youtu.be/SameGjjXjmQ?t=41 What ''What if Russia was Muslim?]]'' Muslim?'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod becoming Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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** ''[[https://youtu.be/SameGjjXjmQ?t=41 What if Russia was Muslim?]]'' In a scenario where Vladimir the Great selects Islam over Greek Orthodoxy, Cody sees Novgorod being protected by Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, developing into a ''republic'', and potentially becoming an inspiration when liberalization comes to continental Europe. Poland-Lithuania becomes stronger, and takes over as the protector of the Slavs when the Byzantine Empire is conquered; in fact, Greek Orthodoxy becomes much weaker, or possibly dies outright, without preservation by a Russian Orthodox Church, and the Slavs and Novgorod becoming Catholic as a result. Kievan Rus becomes a sultanate that focuses its trade more on the Volga River than on the Black Sea. Instead of protecting the Orthodox Slavs, they potentially become protectors of the Muslims of Central Asia and China.
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* VodkaDrunkenski: In ''[[https://youtu.be/SameGjjXjmQ?t=41 What if Russia was Muslim?]]'', he brings up Russia's historic love of booze, as expressed Prince Vladimir's famous quote, "Drinking is the joy of the Rus. We cannot exist without the pleasure.", as one of the reasons why he rejected Islam as Russia's new faith.[[note]]Of course, Cody mentions that alcohol was far from the only reason Kievan Rus embraced Byzantine Christianity, like favorable trade deals with the Byzantine Empire. He also says that a Muslim Rus could have fomented a more liberal Islam where alcohol consumption was tolerated.[[/note]]
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In ''[[https://youtu.be/SameGjjXjmQ?t=41 What if Russia was Muslim?]]'', Cody quotes Kievan Rus ruler Vladimir the Great about Islam, thusly: "Drinking is the joy of the Rus. We cannot exist without the pleasure."
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-->'''Cody:''' That is an actual quote, and it is the most Russian thing I have ever heard.
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** ''What if Japan Had Converted to Christianity?'' downplays widespread shifts in history. In a scenario where a failure of Tokugawa to unite Japan enables Catholicism to take root, all it does ''within Japan'' is delay some of the internal conflicts of the OTL and change their motives. But Cody does see a possible scenario where Catholicism leads to the Latin alphabet more directly influencing the Japanese language. Japan potentially conquers and converts Korea sooner, and expands that mission further into the Orient. A Catholic Japan also allies more closely with the Portutuese and Spanish, and has more interest in the Spanish Philippines, leading to a complication to the Spanish-American War.
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** In "The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)", Cody explores how Woodrow Wilson's presidency impacted (read: ruined) the 20th century and how history would've changed if America had instead elected Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, which they could've had he won the Republican nomination in 1912.
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** In "The ''The Election That Ruined Everything (And If It Never Happened)", Happened)'', Cody explores how Woodrow Wilson's presidency impacted (read: ruined) the 20th century and how history would've changed if America had instead elected Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, which they could've had he won the Republican nomination in 1912.
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** In "What if the Muslims Kept Spain?", a re-telling of a previous timeline where the Reconquista didn't happen, preventing the rise of Navarre in particular butterflys away most of the rulers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; in all likelihood, the British isles and English language (if it survives) become a lot more French as a result. Cordoba would become one of the drivers of intellect in Europe. This also greatly mutes--if not totally averting--the Protestant Reformation, since many of the issues Martin Luther had with the Roman Catholic Church are either non-existent or not as bad. While perhaps delayed, Al-Andalus would eventually do everything Portugal did in the OTL, eventually sailing down the coast of Africa--and all it would take is for one of their ships to be blown off-course at the right point for them to discover America.
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** In one of Cody's first videos, "What if America 'Won' the Vietnam War", he gives two routes for American victory. If the Soviet Union and China simply don't support North Vietnam, then the whole thing becomes South Vietnam, with occasional peasant uprisings continuing for a decade or so but eventually fading away. If America succeeds at shutting down the Ho Chi Minh trail, then South Vietnam is better able to defend itself, and it becomes a stalemate much like the Korean War, with two Vietnams.
** In "What if Russia Kept Alaska?", he has two possible futures, both branching off from the Bolshevik Revolution. In the more likely scenario, the White Russians escape to Alaska, and the Red Navy cannot pursue them across the Bering Strait.[[note]]The ineptitude of the Russian Navy at the time of World War I was well known.[[/note]] Alaska eventually becomes kind of a Russian version of Taiwan. In another scenario even Cody acknowledges is "wacky", the Bolsheviks somehow hold onto Alaska, and become far better at countering the United States for it.
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** In "What if Russia Kept Alaska?", he has two possible futures, both branching off from the Bolshevik Revolution. In the more likely scenario, the White Russians escape to Alaska, and the Red Navy cannot pursue them across the Bering Strait.[[note]]The ineptitude of the Russian Navy at the time of World War I was well known.[[/note]] Alaska eventually becomes kind of a Russian version of Taiwan. In another scenario even Cody acknowledges is "wacky", the Bolsheviks somehow hold onto Alaska, and become far better at countering the United States for it.
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** In"What ''What if Russia Kept Alaska?", Alaska?'', he has two possible futures, both branching off from the Bolshevik Revolution. In the more likely scenario, the White Russians escape to Alaska, and the Red Navy cannot pursue them across the Bering Strait.[[note]]The ineptitude of the Russian Navy at the time of World War I was well known.[[/note]] Alaska eventually becomes kind of a Russian version of Taiwan. In another scenario even Cody acknowledges is "wacky", the Bolsheviks somehow hold onto Alaska, and become far better at countering the United States for it.
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** In "What If Alexander the Great Never Died Young?", Cody posits that, if he didn't die at age 33, Alexander ''could've'' circled back and conquered the then-burgeoning Italian peninsula long before Rome could establish itself. As a result, Christianity never rises, and neither does the Latin alphabet, resulting in Europe's writing being based on the Greek alphabet and its religion retaining its paganism--and he might even succeed at becoming reknowned as a ''God'', potentially in multiple religions. But realistically, he would've just conquered Arabia, and not bothered going west into Continental Europe, content with trying to blend Greek and Persian culture (and Cody doubts he would've been successful at that).
** In Parts 3 and 4 of his "What if Germany Won World War II" series, Cody posits several outcomes that hinge on what relationship America and the victorious Reich have.
** In Parts 3 and 4 of his "What if Germany Won World War II" series, Cody posits several outcomes that hinge on what relationship America and the victorious Reich have.
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** In "What ''What If Alexander the Great Never Died Young?", Young?'', Cody posits that, if he didn't die at age 33, Alexander ''could've'' circled back and conquered the then-burgeoning Italian peninsula long before Rome could establish itself. As a result, Christianity never rises, and neither does the Latin alphabet, resulting in Europe's writing being based on the Greek alphabet and its religion retaining its paganism--and he might even succeed at becoming reknowned as a ''God'', potentially in multiple religions. But realistically, he would've just conquered Arabia, and not bothered going west into Continental Europe, content with trying to blend Greek and Persian culture (and Cody doubts he would've been successful at that).
** In Parts 3 and 4 of his"What ''What if Germany Won World War II" II'' series, Cody posits several outcomes that hinge on what relationship America and the victorious Reich have.
** In Parts 3 and 4 of his
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** Cody does this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXtStN8Igvs "What if Hoover was elected earlier?"]] primarily because [[InSpiteOfANail leaving it with a situation where FDR was elected in 1932 anyway was too easy]]:
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** Cody does this in [[https://www.''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXtStN8Igvs "What What if Hoover was elected earlier?"]] earlier?]]'' primarily because [[InSpiteOfANail leaving it with a situation where FDR was elected in 1932 anyway was too easy]]:
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* NoSwastikas: Due to Website/YouTube's demonetization policy, as of the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfUOJfr4Bc What if Mussolini Remade the Roman Empire?]], all Swastikas on the channel are being replaced with other symbols; first smiley faces, and then (as of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8olVKzLpXY What if Russia was Never Invaded During WWII?]] with [[TakeThat YouTube Play Buttons]].
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* NoSwastikas: Due to Website/YouTube's demonetization policy, as of the video [[https://www.''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfUOJfr4Bc What if Mussolini Remade the Roman Empire?]], Empire?]]'', all Swastikas on the channel are being replaced with other symbols; first smiley faces, and then (as of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8olVKzLpXY What if Russia was Never Invaded During WWII?]] with [[TakeThat YouTube Play Buttons]].
