There was a Facebook thread recently about alternate histories.
The general conclusion is that we're all tired of the South winning the Civil War, and just as tired of Hitler winning World War II.
That alternate history writers need to think beyond these scenarios, which are overdone and tend to result in dystopia. One alternative might be to have Germany win World War One, which nobody ever seems to do.
There's so many other good divergence points out there. If you're considering writing alternate history, try to move beyond the low hanging fruit. How different would the world be if Tesla had finished his tower and it had worked, for example.
Just something to think about.
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