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

I imagine that "A Patriot" is the Longist equivalent of the Disney Defenders in the President Disney TL. By the way, did you get a chance to read that TL?

No, no, I haven't. Argh.

"A Patriot" is the anonymous signer of the telegram I posted in the "Images" section. Young Patriots are the Longist Youth group, as you said.
 
How?

He left Labour before the PoD.

Yeah, so he did. Well, I guess his party is more successful ITTL.

In a reverse to OTL, with Long increased authoritarian/fascist rule and Europe avoid WW2 (probably limited to the German/Polish war plus the Phoney war and some agreement...if we can be optimistic), we can see a lot of american artist seeking refuge on Europe and Canada

Yes, I'll discuss that soon. There will be a significant American emigre community in those places.
 
In the alleged plot against OTL Roosevelt, I know J. P. Morgan was implicated.

Hmm...

The world may never know.

But
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My world shines everytime this AAR is updated

Plus, SIXTY TWO SHOTS, that is something I could see Huey's bodyguards doing! :D
 
Citizen Kane hasn't even been made yet, if it's even made at all ITTL, and if there's no WWII, not really, why would there be The Third Man?

With Hearst's involvement in the attempted coup, I think Citizen Kane, if made, would actually be better received, because of its scathing portrayal of the Hearst based character.
 
With Hearst's involvement in the attempted coup, I think Citizen Kane, if made, would actually be better received, because of its scathing portrayal of the Hearst based character.
Without Hearst's empire pushing against it, and with the Long Regime probably glorifying the film as a propaganda piece against its foe, it could be hugely successful.
 
With Hearst's involvement in the attempted coup, I think Citizen Kane, if made, would actually be better received, because of its scathing portrayal of the Hearst based character.

Without Hearst's empire pushing against it, and with the Long Regime probably glorifying the film as a propaganda piece against its foe, it could be hugely successful.

True, true. Don't hold your breath for the same title, though. The American is what you're all thinking of.
 
The rest of the Long clan?

Out of interest what are the rest of the Long's up to? Someone previously mentioned the possibility of his wife Rose becoming a key political figure a la Evita Peron, but what are his brother, sons, and nephews up to, in particular good old Uncle Earl?
 
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So I admit I only skimmed the comments as opposed to reading each one, but for me this timeline seems to have gone from zero to 100 very quickly. All of a sudden Long is the tyrant, suspending constitutional rights, and shooting MacArthur 62 times (his patriotic bodyguards, that is). I just feel as though it was a bit rushed, and in the process I'm confused as to why all of this happened. Maybe I didn't read the last update very carefully, but it seems to have come out of nowhere, without the reader gaining an appreciation of Long's ways and policies prior to the assassination.
 
So I admit I only skimmed the comments as opposed to reading each one, but for me this timeline seems to have gone from zero to 100 very quickly. All of a sudden Long is the tyrant, suspending constitutional rights, and shooting MacArthur 62 times (his patriotic bodyguards, that is). I just feel as though it was a bit rushed, and in the process I'm confused as to why all of this happened. Maybe I didn't read the last update very carefully, but it seems to have come out of nowhere, without the reader gaining an appreciation of Long's ways and policies prior to the assassination.

The thing that happened is that the author seems to be skipping through time very quickly. If he had slowed down, it would be more realistic-seeming.
 
Sorry if I'm latecomer on this TL, but when reading the last post, my memory reminded me that, some time around this period, Welles caused a wave of panic with The War of the Worlds...:rolleyes:
 
So I admit I only skimmed the comments as opposed to reading each one, but for me this timeline seems to have gone from zero to 100 very quickly. All of a sudden Long is the tyrant, suspending constitutional rights, and shooting MacArthur 62 times (his patriotic bodyguards, that is). I just feel as though it was a bit rushed, and in the process I'm confused as to why all of this happened. Maybe I didn't read the last update very carefully, but it seems to have come out of nowhere, without the reader gaining an appreciation of Long's ways and policies prior to the assassination.

Well, you're entitled to your opinion, but this was a major crisis, which only occurred because he was just beginning to pass his trademark legislation. I haven't detailed his values in action yet because they haven't been put into action yet, not really. Besides, most of this is written from an omnipotent, historian's perspective. It's not as if Long declared that he would become an American dictator, it's just what the historian tells as a gradual process.

Also, no one's yet been assasinated, save FDR, but I'll do an update on how Longist policies were implemented on a national scale; that was one of your critiques, and I admit I'm guilty of it.
 
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So I admit I only skimmed the comments as opposed to reading each one, but for me this timeline seems to have gone from zero to 100 very quickly. All of a sudden Long is the tyrant, suspending constitutional rights, and shooting MacArthur 62 times (his patriotic bodyguards, that is). I just feel as though it was a bit rushed, and in the process I'm confused as to why all of this happened. Maybe I didn't read the last update very carefully, but it seems to have come out of nowhere, without the reader gaining an appreciation of Long's ways and policies prior to the assassination.
Long was really, really radical. Roosevelt was conservative compared to him. Easy to see how the right would try to state a coup. Because Long will literally come and confiscate the money or property of any wealthy person disloyal to him.
 
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