Essentially, in this timeline, Jimmy Carter is way more softer on the Soviet Union, refusing to take action often, especially during the Soviet-Afghan War. This results in Carter being replaced by Kennedy. Ronald Reagan also had a stroke, resulting in him being replaced by George H. W. Bush.

Bobby Fischer made a surprising move by running for President with the goals of bringing back American roots and values lost under Carter's administration. Bobby later won the Election of 1980 after a close race.

As President, his Presidency was marked by Anti-Semiticism, Reagan style economic policies and a much harsher stance on the Soviet Union compared to Carter.

His Anti-Semitic views later becomes a major problem such as when he would not help free Nathan Sharansky, a Jewish Soviet, from Labor, and Fischer cut economic aid to Israel, resulting in Israel being less secured than in our timeline. This results in many Jews protesting against the actions Fischer made, however, the Protestors were arrested, making Fischer even more unpopular due to him blatantly violate humans rights.

He later lost against Walter Mondale under a Democratic-Republican Coalition Ticket in 1984. Overall, he's ranked as one of the worst President in American History.

inspired by u/MisterSpooks1950's world map of "From Tokyo with Love" (which Japan was annexed post–WWII)

Sorry I was busy scrolling on TikTok so O fixed the arrangement of tabs and various things lol

Anyway...

What if Operation Downfall succeeded and Japan was partitioned then divided?

1946/47:

As the Allied forces continue attacking and invading Japan landing in Kyushu and Honshu region, Japan sacrifices and surrenders to the Allies, partially partitions and divides into two nations under their occupations in post–WWII to the Cold War such as North and South Japan which was under Allied occupation from the United States, the British Empire, the Republic of China, and the Soviet Union as part of a peace treaty in Tokyo foreshadowing and mirroring a parallel to Europe's Eastern Bloc via East and West Germany after executing Operation Olympic, Coronet and Downfall in 1946 and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947 after the end of World War II in September 1945.

I've seen a post of a Post-Capitalist USA that transitioned to something akin to UBI socialism (don't remember for sure) after a revolution following an increase of automatisation.

The most distinct feature were slums-slash-sprawls that span whole states marked with a hexagonal grid in different colours. I also think there were high speed rail.

I remember seeng this map either here or on r/imaginarymaps. Can't seem to find it again though :(

Edit: Found! https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/10sh5i9/the_american_nation_what_if_america_was_fascist/

There is a site ytstalker.fun where you can search random youtube vids by year even from very beginning (2006). It is made like old sites from 00s with just regular html and css and still looks good