Alternate history...what if ...?

Ok... let's do more alternate history... What if Hitler wouldn't have attacked the Soviet Union in WW2?

@chessspy1 Your mention of the "Thinker" reminded me of a poster they made long ago, that showed the thinker sitting on the commode. I made up some quotes for him..."I shit therefore... I am "I think ?" or "I shit therefore I stink..."I think ?" :]

@Skittle-Head
I wonder if you are treating this thread with the gravity it deserves. Er, yes you are.
Ok I mentioned 'gravity' I should have known better....

@Skittle-Head :]

I really thought this was going to be about history 🥵

@Savage_Cactus
No, I think these forums (fora, fori?) put the lie to the idea that chess players are smart

What if Saul had been wearing his sunglasses on the road that day?

All this has nothing to do with alternate history , unless The life of Brian is an alternate history movie.

@spendius
Life of Brian is a documentary

Splitter

@spendius @bunyip
If there was a serious point to the film skit 'Life of Brian' it would have to be that the Jews were expecting a 'Messiah' to arrive at any time. as they still are. Then another person would have assumed the thorny mantle, and presumably a similar fate.
Making little difference over the long term.
We should also remember that for most of the recent past (20th c onward) there were more people cleaving (they said) to the writings and ideas of that other great prophet Carl Marx.