Just a thought, but some sort of more dystopian USA in which the labor movement was aborted and progressives kept by and large from power, so you have very few of the fair labor laws or safety requirements in place. Would make the States a much more ripe place for a communist/socialist insurgency which could keep up a low intensity campaign against the government.
Something with a POD similar the book The Iron Heel by Jack London, pretty ASB but that could be largely toned down. Also the book is a good read if you've never (and interestingly, a future history work when published, now it's an alt history work).
Something with a POD similar the book The Iron Heel by Jack London, pretty ASB but that could be largely toned down. Also the book is a good read if you've never (and interestingly, a future history work when published, now it's an alt history work).