

thecrabsbelow [comrade/them]
I think the worst case scenario for Chernobyl was that Eastern Europe would become uninhabitable. I’m not changing the Chernobyl exclusion zone’s size though, instead the Chernobyl disaster will be caused by alien infiltrators for the purpose of conjuring a colossal alien demon thing. In my story the USSR is basically the last country on earth that’s not secretly controlled by aliens.
In my novel nothing stops any character from learning magic (better thought of as being based on chi but I’ve not picked a word) but some of the most powerful characters are able to inscribe chi “shortcuts” into people with no chi practice/ skills allowing them to use magical abilities without any formal understanding or awareness of chi.
I made a similar thread a year ago if that helps: https://hexbear.net/post/185417
I saw somebody recently try to twist and stretch Bernie saying the Soviet Union had slightly better low income housing policies than the US as a category of supporting war efforts against Ukraine.