probably Latin America
I doubt it, caudillos have never needed that much inspiration to exist.
probably Latin America
So I'm going to guess that Frick or his successor is going to get the United States into World War I which is going to be extremely unpopular and will result in a bunch of soldiers getting radicalized as they were forced to fight in a war they never wanted to be in which is ultimately going to lead to the revolution of 1919.
It will probably help if the Central Power somehow manage to win the war even despite the US' entry into the conflict.
Why should they, really?Maybe ITTL Social Democracy remains the name for the revolutionary socialist movement and the 3rd International is associated with Reformism and Revisionism?
Because if the revolutionaries are stronger in the International then it could be the reformists splitting off or being expelled and thus needing to rebrand themselves.Why should they, really?
In Reds! the CP didn't win though.Sounds a bit too much like Reds!
Sorry mate, replied to the wrong post lolBecause if the revolutionaries are stronger in the International then it could be the reformists splitting off or being expelled and thus needing to rebrand themselves.
Though on the other hand there's a very large and experienced paramilitary force that sidesteps government and answers directly to capital.It would have a tiny and very poor professional army then.
I don't think so, or at least not without a big push. If you'll recall, one of the nationalist's platform points was to bring the war in the Philippines to a swift conclusion. I think frick will see that ww1 is going to be a drawn out war on the other side of the globe and not get involved other than supplying material and capital to combatantsSo I'm going to guess that Frick or his successor is going to get the United States into World War I
I don't think so, or at least not without a big push. If you'll recall, one of the nationalist's platform points was to bring the war in the Philippines to a swift conclusion. I think frick will see that ww1 is going to be a drawn out war on the other side of the globe and not get involved other than supplying material and capital to combatants
On the other hand, Frick might declare war on the Central Powers early assuming the Kaiser orders for unrestricted submarine warfare to occur. Not to mention there still being a grudge against the Germans due to them arming the Filipino rebels.
Frick might also be more concerned about the Allies going down without paying back on American loans, and will jump in to ensure the Allies can pay them back through German reparations.
After all, I think Iggies mentioned earlier that the ITTL socialist revolution in the U.S. isn't directly like the Russian Revolution of OTL. But I may be misreading things here.
You just reminded me we're still in the Banana Wars period. I'm morbidly curious about the atrocities Frick is going to commitprobably Latin America
Same here.You just reminded me we're still in the Banana Wars period. I'm morbidly curious about the atrocities Frick is going to commit
So. US Fascism is going to be more cyber-punky/noir-y/corporatocratic? More like Mussolini's Italy?Worth remembering that US fascism isn't OTL fascism, I don't think it has the same fascination with distant wars. In fact, interventionism was mostly the purview of the center left. I could see Frick messing around the Americas a lot while trying to ignore Europe.
So. US Fascism is going to be more cyber-punky/noir-y/corporatocratic? More like Mussolini's Italy?
I fully expect a Constitutional Amendment to make a US Corporate Council part of the Legislature and then also something like the Corporate Court from Shadowrun part of the Judiciary.
Walt Disney would be a mere child ITTL, so there's that.Based, so essentially the Big Bosses pulling a Weyland-Yutani and becoming the government in America, led by Frick in a Corporate Directory-style government. Is Walt around yet? Let's have him buy the US Marines and put under the House of Mouse