To call that realistically possible, you'd have to believe that World War II and the invention of nuclear weapons didn't fundamentally change the Western world

To call that realistically possible, you'd have to believe that World War II and the invention of nuclear weapons didn't fundamentally change the Western world (I think they did. World War II because we saw the results of fascism going unchecked in a major power. Nuclear weapons because realistically another world war would be close to Armageddon)