A Perfect Democracy: The World That Huey Made
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Belated reply, but great work on the setting so far, and the latest map is excellent!
It really underscores just how significant the Cold War power plays between the US and USSR in OTL were in decolonization as we would know it. Given the circumstances, had things played out even slightly divergent from OTL, it'd have been possible for something like a slower transition to self-rule or Portuguese retention of some of its colonies to have happened with relative ease.
It really underscores just how significant the Cold War power plays between the US and USSR in OTL were in decolonization as we would know it. Given the circumstances, had things played out even slightly divergent from OTL, it'd have been possible for something like a slower transition to self-rule or Portuguese retention of some of its colonies to have happened with relative ease.
Most likely. I'll be sure to do more research on him in the near future.
Thank you!
Not really. Namibia isn't really expansionist, only really focusing on its quixotic attempt to retake Germany proper. Imagine the white population of Namibia being the pure distilled diehard Nazis and SS fanatics from Germany and elsewhere in one place, so the populace is entranced by a sort-of Nazi Juche. So much so that Hitler is technically the "Eternal Fuhrer," and head of state in Namibia not unlike Kim Il-Sung being the eternal leader of North Korea. So with all that, Namibia really isn't interested in picking fights with its neighbors. If anything, they need to be on good terms with Portugal, Rhodesia, and South Africa when their "terraforming" projects fall flat.
That's part of what I had in mind. Now, nationalist movements still exist in these African colonies, but they represent a more generic nationalism rather than Marxism, as no Soviet Union exists. The colonies that do achieve independence, or at least initially are due to the costs outweighing the benefits. For example, Britain post-Western War had so much difficulty in holding on to their colonies to the point where it could not hold on to them. Same with post-Nazi Germany. However, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal have had more resources to hold on to them for longer. In the case of Portugal, its far-flung territories are created as "co-republics" in post-Salazar Portugal in a fully-realized Pluro-continentalist system (more on that in a future update).
Yes. With the lack of a Pan-Arab movement, Zanzibar and Tanganyika continue to be separate countries.
Thank you very much. I intend to.
I'm deciding on what I what the next update will be. I'm looking at doing either the Netherlands or eastern Asia. I also hope to get an off-site space to store these entries in a way that doesn't require navigating through a sprawling thread. Look for that in the future.
Longism
Longism
Longism refers to the collective ideals and policies held by 34th United States President Huey Long and his followers. Some political scientists dispute that Longism can be categorized as an ideology in the traditional sense of the word, given that much of it was ad hoc. Nevertheless, Longism continues to remain influential in the Democratic Party, as well as American politics in general.
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Sorry for the woefully brief entry, fellows. I missed Huey's Birthday (8/30) and his being shot (9/8), so I thought I could do worse than the 85th anniversary of his death. School as been tough, so I haven't been as faithful in updating like I want to be. Consider this my tribute to the Kingfish himself, as well as an assurance that this timeline is not dead.
No need to apologize, man, it happens to the best of us. At the end of the day, real life takes precedence over stuff like this. Regardless of length, it's a nice little entry that gives us a glimpse (albeit a small one) into the wider world of the timeline. Speaking of said wider world, I've got a suggestion for a future post on Dutch Neo-Republicanism, since that's mentioned in this update. Given the wider popularity (heh) of populism ITTL, you could see a more successful or surviving Pim Fortuyn in the Netherlands, with Fortuyn modeling himself off of Huey (IOTL he modeled himself off of JFK) like how Kowalski in Poland based himself off of Long. Keep up the good work!Longism
Longism refers to the collective ideals and policies held by 34th United States President Huey Long and his followers. Some political scientists dispute that Longism can be categorized as an ideology in the traditional sense of the word, given that much of it was ad hoc. Nevertheless, Longism continues to remain influential in the Democratic Party, as well as American politics in general.
-Sorry for the woefully brief entry, fellows. I missed Huey's Birthday (8/30) and his being shot (9/8), so I thought I could do worse than the 85th anniversary of his death. School as been tough, so I haven't been as faithful in updating like I want to be. Consider this my tribute to the Kingfish himself, as well as an assurance that this timeline is not dead.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will say that I am (mostly) butterflying people who are conceived after the POD of September 8, 1935, but I'll give Fortuyn look for inspiration in other areas.
I'm curious about the name and symbology of a possible third party rising up as a result of the SWSPAC vignette. I suppose the easiest way to imply continuity and accurately describe their political positions would be to just call themselves Christian Democrats, but that would alienate other voters of faith who agree with them on economics and might be confusing on a ballot. Other potential names would be:
- The Populists, tying a through-line from Bryan to Long and his successors
- The Centrists, with a similar reasoning to the German Zentrum, aka faith is the center of the party's policies, rather than out of any sort of modernist Left-Right dichotomy. Although the fact that the Commonwealth already has a Centre party might put a damper on this one
- The Jubilee Party, a term with much more religious baggage TTL but with a major focus on the kitchen table issue of debt and guaranteed time off
- Alternatively just revive the Union Party from Long's 1940 run
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A minor error I noticed; isn't Centre Party (UK) a tad anachronistic given that the United Kingdom no longer exists?Longism
Longism refers to the collective ideals and policies held by 34th United States President Huey Long and his followers. Some political scientists dispute that Longism can be categorized as an ideology in the traditional sense of the word, given that much of it was ad hoc. Nevertheless, Longism continues to remain influential in the Democratic Party, as well as American politics in general.
-Sorry for the woefully brief entry, fellows. I missed Huey's Birthday (8/30) and his being shot (9/8), so I thought I could do worse than the 85th anniversary of his death. School as been tough, so I haven't been as faithful in updating like I want to be. Consider this my tribute to the Kingfish himself, as well as an assurance that this timeline is not dead.
Other than that though, interesting post; it may be brief but it gives a good look into the ideology of Longism.
I had that same exact thought. Also did the flag on the SWSPAC chapter have 51 stars or did I miscount on my phone? Did we talk about that? Also it's interesting to me that Longism is listed in the Liberalism portal given its heavy overlap with distributism.
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I'm pretty sure Newfoundland & Labrador is part of the U.S. ITTL.
No, Newfoundland & Labrador as one state, just as Newfoundland & Labrador is one Canadian province.
I just realized I was thinking of @Wolfram's Prohibition/Social Credit two party system idea 😅 where Hawaii is independent.
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That sounds interesting, do you have a link to this?
Despite my radical Atheism, I have to say that this looks attractive - and not only because they drink less alcohol there.