Every Man a King: A History of the Long Presidency and Beyond

Long is a tyrant sure, still the great majority of the us population remain isolationist and don't want to be involved in another european adventure; plus there is the general economic situation that i doubt is good as OTL.
So we a mixed situation; Long seem to sincerely dislike Hitler and can use the march to the european war as a mean to distract the people, still being involved too much can have repercussion (the USA seem not to be a totalitarian dictatorship...for now).

Another thing to take in consideration is that for now the USA don't have any mean to project power and influence in the old continent and of the three armed forces the Navy is the only one up to modern standard (but must divide his attention in two front and it will not that helpfull in any european conflict).
The only way of concrete help the USA can give now is starting the cash and carry politics (and allowing war material to be sold) and this can enbold both France and UK in a more aggressive stance (maybe a succesfull Saar Offensive?)
 
Just a quick business law comment:

Eminent domain is in the U.S. Constitution. It states that the government can take property for the public good, so long as it pays proper restitution to the owner. The owner can challenge this on the basis that the payment offered is not enough (ie, not fair market value) or that the government has another, better option it is ignoring. So, for example, if they want to put a highway through, farmer Johnson can argue that there is a better, other spot of land they can build it through rather than his farm. Do with this what you will.
 
Long is a tyrant sure, still the great majority of the us population remain isolationist and don't want to be involved in another european adventure; plus there is the general economic situation that i doubt is good as OTL.
So we a mixed situation; Long seem to sincerely dislike Hitler and can use the march to the european war as a mean to distract the people, still being involved too much can have repercussion (the USA seem not to be a totalitarian dictatorship...for now).

Another thing to take in consideration is that for now the USA don't have any mean to project power and influence in the old continent and of the three armed forces the Navy is the only one up to modern standard (but must divide his attention in two front and it will not that helpfull in any european conflict).
The only way of concrete help the USA can give now is starting the cash and carry politics (and allowing war material to be sold) and this can enbold both France and UK in a more aggressive stance (maybe a succesfull Saar Offensive?)

Well, Hitler won't be hanging around for much longer anyways; as we know from the prologue, he dies in 1940. But, yes, I think the brief war will serve as a good distraction.

Just a quick business law comment:

Eminent domain is in the U.S. Constitution. It states that the government can take property for the public good, so long as it pays proper restitution to the owner. The owner can challenge this on the basis that the payment offered is not enough (ie, not fair market value) or that the government has another, better option it is ignoring. So, for example, if they want to put a highway through, farmer Johnson can argue that there is a better, other spot of land they can build it through rather than his farm. Do with this what you will.

Interesting... I'll consider it, Emprah.
 
Yeah, let's go with that (I didn't know how to end the joke.)

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Well, Hitler won't be hanging around for much longer anyways; as we know from the prologue, he dies in 1940. But, yes, I think the brief war will serve as a good distraction.

Distraction? Yes, but as i said i don't know how the US can be meaningfull involved except in some kind of logistic fashion...basically their armed forces are not even in the same shape of the italians; maybe it's enough if helped by a good amount of propaganda, i don't know.

Frankly i'm curios how Long and Benny get along...they seem to be very similar in term of characters and political style.
 
If I make a hyperbolic time chamber FDR polio joke, am I going to hell?

We all are, I think.

Distraction? Yes, but as i said i don't know how the US can be meaningfull involved except in some kind of logistic fashion...basically their armed forces are not even in the same shape of the italians; maybe it's enough if helped by a good amount of propaganda, i don't know.

Frankly i'm curios how Long and Benny get along...they seem to be very similar in term of characters and political style.

America will not go to war in Europe. In Asia, yes. Mussolini won't be ousted, but I can't say too more without spoilers.
 
America will not go to war in Europe. In Asia, yes. Mussolini won't be ousted, but I can't say too more without spoilers.

I suspected that Benny had remained in power due to the date of the death of Hitler, just honestly curios due to the fact that Long and Mussolini seem so similar that they can only love each other like brother or hate with an unparelled passion
 
I suspected that Benny had remained in power due to the date of the death of Hitler, just honestly curios due to the fact that Long and Mussolini seem so similar that they can only love each other like brother or hate with an unparelled passion

Oh, hatred hatred hatred will be the order of the day, believe you me.
 
Looks like transatlantic relations are off to a good start.:p I know that the Midwest of the US used to be quite Anglophobic, largely due to the high Irish-American population (centred on Chicago).

By the way, where is Henry Wallace at this point?
 
May I ask something? What about the mid atlantic accent? In real life he was abandoned in 1945 after the war, would a Long presidency keep that bold accent alive? I do know a lot about Long, but I have no idea about his opinion on this issue :D
 
Looks like transatlantic relations are off to a good start.:p I know that the Midwest of the US used to be quite Anglophobic, largely due to the high Irish-American population (centred on Chicago).

By the way, where is Henry Wallace at this point?

He could be the 1940 Democratic nominee, who inevitably loses badly to Long.
 
You don't have to comment in regards to this, but getting a hint at it, I get the feeling that from a socio-political perspective that Long is making progressive ideas tied in with tyrannical methods, meaning regressive ideas are tied in with democratic government and liberty. So something of the notion that Rockwell will embody the liberty and democracy of America, while also being a horrid bigot. The long term horror of the fact that our stupid ape brains only let there be two sides to anything, with everything having to fall under one or the other, making for odd ideological bedfellows.

I dunno. The fact that Rockwell's term (1956?-1964) is counted as part of the Social Populist era suggests that he either was a Social Populist or agreed with some of their positions. Also, the POD takes place when Rockwell was a teenager, so there's no guarantee that same experiences that shaped his OTL views will take place ITTL.
 
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