AHC: U.S.A. is less (economically) liberal

What sort of P.O.D. could result in the United States having a stronger welfare state with more public investment in infrastructure and utilities?
 
somehow butterfly the southern strategy, maybe Dr. King survives which mitigates or butterflies the race riots to end the 60s, which mitigates the desire for "law and order" that led to the conservative revolution.
 
Prevent American involvement in the war in Vietnam to prevent a lot of money being wasted on it that could have instead gone to the Great Society, as well as prevent a lot of the riots and social anguish the 60s and 70s went through. Focusing on a strong economic and domestic agenda, Johnson's presidency would be much more favorably viewed by the American people. This would vindicate Democrats on the economic front, and would allow them to make real progress on issues such as universial healthcare by the 80s (especially if you still have people like Ted Kennedy leading that charge).
 
somehow butterfly the southern strategy, maybe Dr. King survives which mitigates or butterflies the race riots to end the 60s, which mitigates the desire for "law and order" that led to the conservative revolution.
Unfortunately, you still have the problems of drug use and the anti-war movement. If Dr. King lives past 1968, would his support of left-wing economics lend credence to the idea, or will the right use it to tar Civil Rights as "communist"? If he is not murdered, he will likely not be quite as revered (at least among "middle America") as he is IOTL.

Prevent American involvement in the war in Vietnam to prevent a lot of money being wasted on it that could have instead gone to the Great Society, as well as prevent a lot of the riots and social anguish the 60s and 70s went through. Focusing on a strong economic and domestic agenda, Johnson's presidency would be much more favorably viewed by the American people. This would vindicate Democrats on the economic front, and would allow them to make real progress on issues such as universial healthcare by the 80s (especially if you still have people like Ted Kennedy leading that charge).
I was under the impression that Johnson got behind Vietnam to secure more support for his domestic agenda (this might just be hippie conspiracy theory). Can he still have his Great Society without it?

Get rid of the Cold War.
Can you have a U.S.S.R. without a Cold War?
 

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What sort of P.O.D. could result in the United States having a stronger welfare state with more public investment in infrastructure and utilities?
No vietnam war: that was what split the left between the old left (the labor unions) and the new left (the students etc) and fatally weakened the democrats and paved the way for nixon and reagan
 
No vietnam war: that was what split the left between the old left (the labor unions) and the new left (the students etc) and fatally weakened the democrats and paved the way for nixon and reagan
Do you mind elaborating more on the split? The impression I've got is that the "Old Left" was focused more on economic issues and an anti-communist foreign policy, while the "New Left" was focused on social liberalism and staunchly opposed the Vietnam War.
 
What sort of P.O.D. could result in the United States having a stronger welfare state with more public investment in infrastructure and utilities?



Look up the time "A Heavily Progressive/Green United States" on this site, that gives the answers, its starts with Hubert Humphrey exposing Richard Nixons sabotaging of the Paris Peace Talks about becoming President.
 
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