It could possibly be worse in some ways. South Africa did have black soldiers and police albeit in very inferior roles sounds like the Natcorps wont even have that.
For the Republic: A History of the Second American Civil War
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Produced in the same spirit as "springtime for Hitler" no doubtIn late 1935 the various Studio heads in Hollywood, concerned with dropping profits from film distribution gathered in a meeting to decide what to do about it. Later that same month it's announce that in Summer of 1936 they will jointly release a new blockbuster film; "The Second American Civil War: the Musical!"
Both NatCorp and the Republic are horrified and agree that something will need to be done before this abomination is released...
It's a thought
Randy
I’ve long lamented that I don’t have the animation skills to create the Republican version of this:
Although, as others have mentioned, the Disney Corporation being the producer isn’t necessarily likely.
Natcorpism’s main problem is that it directly sabotages its ability to wage war. The Republicans are much better equipped for a long slugfest than the Natcorps are, because the Natcorps need to keep society “harmonious” and bottom lines met. This means a bunch of obviously counterintuitive policies relating to segregation, women’s rights, and tax policy.
Maybe a rival studio like Fleischer? I've not seen many of their cartoons, but I've read that they tended to be a lot darker compared to Disney.
This is my favorite part about writing this TL: the world becomes very, very interesting in the most mundane ways imaginable.
Would Walt be a NatCorp supporter, or would he just continue to make safe neutral cartoons? I know a majority of his animators would likely be Republicans (source: the large number of left-wing members whomst went on strike in the early 40's), but...
I just don’t know enough to say. Haven’t considered this yet. Would love to hear suggestions.
He's out west in a state that's declared neutrality so I'd say he'd be pressured to stay neutral.
Randy
He wasn't a socialist by any means, but he wasn't as conservative in the 30s as he was in the 50s and 60s. He wasn't outspoken politically and kept to himself as a shy person, so I'd think he'd fit in with the neutral states as "apolitical". Still, with the mess of the Smith administration and their rather public connections with the Soviet Union, I can see him as personally supporting the NatCorp (or not opposing them) until crimes are revealed. At that point, he'd probably be a patriot (or disavow any connections to NatCorp).
I can see Walt being a neutral anti-communist and leaning NatCorp until their crimes are exposed. He'd probably support Hoover until then, and afterwards may shift to be more radically anti-NatCorp (maybe supporting a pro-war GOP candidate or perhaps Smith). I don't see him being openly traitorous or even supporting anyone finanically but could do some radio talks or cartoon shorts about it at some point.
Just wondering but what has become animation studios on the East coast during the SACW?
I would guess get into the propaganda game (either by choice or force) or be ravaged by the war.