So I'm writing a story where I have a major challenge: I'm trying to make the USA very socially conservative (pro gun, religious, etc.) but also economically left without it turning into super racist.
My only ideas are that the religious right never burns out and only gets stronger and that the NFA is ruled unconstitutional. I can also think that maybe a federal sodomy ban passes and is upheld by the supreme court. Other than that i dont know how to make it more left wing economically (evangelicals make more effort to help the poor maybe?)
The problem is I don't know how to do this in a way that won't alter the entire world culture as I still want western europe to be relatively progressive.
My only ideas are that the religious right never burns out and only gets stronger and that the NFA is ruled unconstitutional. I can also think that maybe a federal sodomy ban passes and is upheld by the supreme court. Other than that i dont know how to make it more left wing economically (evangelicals make more effort to help the poor maybe?)
The problem is I don't know how to do this in a way that won't alter the entire world culture as I still want western europe to be relatively progressive.