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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[MCU] If The Avengers hadn't beaten Loki during the Battle of New York, how would he have held onto power?

Let's assume for a moment that the Avengers didn't win in the first movie. They get overwhelmed and die, or admit defeat. Whatever.

Since the portal that allows the Chitauri and the Leviathans to raze the Earth was powered by The Tesseract/Space Stone, how would Loki and his army have maintained power once Thanos comes by to take the Space Stone for himself?
gpt
Well, does the nuke that that World Security Council launched land or not? Because that's an important event - he may or may not survive the nuke.

With enough chitauri, Loki could gain a foothold in the city - but they're not overly durable, so unless they get a constant supply of soldiers, eventually the citizens with guns, police officers, and soldiers are going to be able to turn the tide.