Twilight of the Anthropocene

Asking them here to not fill the other thread:

1. What is the "Second Sexual Revolution" exactly? I found some information in-game but how big exactly were said societal changes?

2. In the 50 questions thread it was mentioned that Europe is much more secular than OTL. Has there been a rise on new-age religions and/or paganism as a result (especially with the last one, considering the much bigger influence of nazism in the world)? Same for America.

3. What happened to the Bush family? Is Jeb safe?

4. How did American pop culture, particulary arts such as music and cinema develop ITTL?

5.How has Japanese pop culture spread worldwide?

6. Will Japan be able to democratize in-game?

7. What the fuck is going on in Florida? There are mentions of counter-culture in-game but how big is it?

8. Since the OS market is much more spread worldwide than OTL, what is the situation of open source software? And how "free" is the respective western and eastern internet?

9. Will Austrobavaria and Westfalen ever be able to unite in the mod?


10. Did Nixon manage to achieve his OTL dream of becoming a rapper thanks to not having the baggage of his presidency?

Alix wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:21 pm 2. In the 50 questions thread it was mentioned that Europe is much more secular than OTL. Has there been a rise on new-age religions and/or paganism as a result (especially with the last one, considering the much bigger influence of nazism in the world)? Same for America.

someone asked something similar a while; I'll link the response: https://discord.com/channels/8946254911 ... 0540154973

Hello, thank you for the lovely questions!

1. I'm not sure what that's about. Must have been lost in the raids that destroyed our old dev server.

2. Yes, 100%. Czechoslovakia specifically has a strong New Age undercurrent among recently-secularized youths.

3. The "core" Bush dynasty lives for the most part in Connecticut like they've lived for multiple decades. Due to nearly no executive political prominence, most of the Bush dynasty focused on local matters, especially after Herbert Walker's abortive run in 1992. Jeb specifically has lived in Florida for a couple years, although by 2021 he's anxious about the course America is taking.

4. American culture doesn't "melt" together like it did OTL, as local accents and regionalism appear strong still due to a far weaker Hollywood and generally weaker international presence.

5. Japanese culture has spread where anti-communist areas exist, as Japan is the pre-eminent most powerful anti-communist power in the world. I believe it has even stronger nationalist currents in TotATL, but I'll need confirmation

6. It is a democracy, albeit a somewhat dirigist and authoritarian one. It's very similar to late Taisho democracy, around the time the IRAA took power but hadn't fully fascistized the regime yet.

7. I'm not sure what you mean.

8. The internet is much more broken apart which means there's plenty of open-source alternatives to anything you can think of. Unix-based systems are king in Japan & co., while Windows/DOS-based systems are strongest in the Americas. The question of internet freedom is one that can be best answered with the notion that all internets refuse to server some types of content, but in terms of largest amount of accessible content, it's either Brazilian or South African internet systems that are most free.

9. Pan-germanism is very popular in South Germany but Westphalia is significantly less enthusiastic about it, even down to the actual people themselves.

10. ...What?

galen wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:14 pm 7. I'm not sure what you mean.

The TVtropes pages mentions that some of the paths for Libertarian Florida will be some weird satanists, "arcadians" and the Proud Boys; plus, one of the natspirits' descriptions mentions that Miami has some kind of cyber-counterculture. Is Florida a haven for this kind of groups, and if so, are there any other regions/cities with similar scenes?

galen wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:14 pm 10. ...What?

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He's still president, just in the 50s. Also he's still born at the same year as OTL