Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20160301233224/@comment-26917787-20160705140127

Elledy92 wrote: BTW this thread is huuuuuuuuuuge.

And 4 months old. And should be dead.

I think they wanted to avoid a HYDRA connection because if it was uncovered by the SSR, then there would be a big loophole: How did HYDRA continue to survive after the war despite being discovered by their greatest rivals?

I could maybe see the Secret Empire as the American branch of the old HYDRA who grew disillusioned with sacrificing good men to a rock, so they decided to focus more on political/economic domination rather than domination with a god.