Miscellaneous, Non-Frivolous ASB Ideas

[Zyobot]

'Modern Baby Boomers and Generation X To 1960'.

[stevep]

Aug 14, 2020 0:03:07 GMT Zyobot said:

'Modern Baby Boomers and Generation X To 1960'.

  Well if its the same date, i.e. 14/8/60 I get to meet my mum again and celebrate my 1st birthday next month.   In fact my gran is still alive at this time.

  Your going to have a significant increase in population with many having acute cultural and social shock with the loss of many facilities we're used to and where the hell are we going to live?

[Zyobot]

'1980 Baby Boomers To 2020'.

[Zyobot]

'1960 People Learn Future History Up To 2000'.

[Zyobot]

'2012 EU To 1952'.

[stevep]

Aug 17, 2020 19:00:53 GMT Zyobot said:

'2012 EU To 1952'.

  Well that will be bloody.  Stalin has lost a lot of his forward based forces but won't accept the loss of his eastern European satellites.  2012 EU has much better forces quality wise but relatively few in number and he probably won't realise the potential issues, especially with the British and French nuclear forces and what tactical ones the US will have in Europe.  Coupled with the ongoing Korean war your likely to see WWIII although its going to be bad for the communists once the nukes start flying.  Although if the US tries to depose Mao in China it could be bloody.

  Once that's over you have all the usual problems of a ISOT with the EU isolated from a lot of important suppliers, which might make it even more obsessed with control and centralisation.  Plus going to be a lot of social conflict, especially with down-times in the European empires and with the US probably over their 'to the uptimers' outdated attitudes. 

  Steve

[Zyobot]

'Roman Republic Adopts US Constitution'.

[Zyobot]

As an idea inspired by this AH.com thread, 'The Americas Get Old World Crops In 1,000 BC'.

[Zyobot]

'Ancient Greece With 2020 Culture And Social Mores'.

[Zyobot]

‘1968 Democratic Nominee Vs. 1988 George H.W. Bush’ in another cross-time presidential election between two non-incumbents.

The first main caveat here is that the a slew of 1988 states and the White House occupants and staff all get sent back to January 1968. The second is that due to the butterflies that’d ensue, there’s no guarantee that Hubert Humphrey will become the nominee (meaning that with his assassination thwarted ahead of time, Robert Kennedy now stands a chance).

[lordroel]

Aug 21, 2020 17:40:14 GMT Zyobot said:

'Ancient Greece With 2020 Culture And Social Mores'.

All of Ancient Greece, even the Spartans.

[Zyobot]

Aug 22, 2020 19:45:48 GMT lordroel said:

Aug 21, 2020 17:40:14 GMT Zyobot said:

'Ancient Greece With 2020 Culture And Social Mores'.

All of Ancient Greece, even the Spartans.

Probably. Maybe they still take a mandatory-conscription approach similar to Israel and South Korea, as opposed to having their lives and culture mainly revolve around war and militarism.

[lordroel]

Aug 22, 2020 19:49:41 GMT Zyobot said:

Aug 22, 2020 19:45:48 GMT lordroel said:

All of Ancient Greece, even the Spartans.

Probably. Maybe they still take a mandatory-conscription approach similar to Israel and South Korea, as opposed to having their lives and culture mainly revolve around war and militarism.

That could end up making them better than what they already where.

[Zyobot]

Aug 22, 2020 19:51:37 GMT lordroel said:

Aug 22, 2020 19:49:41 GMT Zyobot said:

Probably. Maybe they still take a mandatory-conscription approach similar to Israel and South Korea, as opposed to having their lives and culture mainly revolve around war and militarism.

That could end up making them better than what they already where.

If you're referring to them becoming much more well-rounded and prone to making more cultural, scientific and likely also economic contributions to Greece, then I'd agree. Their military will suffer a dip in manpower during the short term, but that frees lots of them up to make many of those contributions I talked about earlier.

[stevep]

Aug 22, 2020 23:24:35 GMT Zyobot said:

Aug 22, 2020 19:51:37 GMT lordroel said:

That could end up making them better than what they already where.

If you're referring to them becoming much more well-rounded and prone to making more cultural, scientific and likely also economic contributions to Greece, then I'd agree. Their military will suffer a dip in manpower during the short term, but that frees lots of them up to make many of those contributions I talked about earlier.

  Actually it could make them significantly more powerful.  Instead of a small militaristic elite you could have full membership of the society for the helots.  Which if it stays strongly bound to a military life style could mean a hell of a lot more Spartan hoplites.  Imagine what might have happened at Thermopylae if say there had been 30,000 Spartans!  [Before anyone says I know there were only 300 for political reasons. ]

  Of course if it keeps its very strict military emphasis its likely to lose out in other ways with an impoverished culture and very little trade and commerce.