The Pale Horse: The Northwest Montana Insurgency and its Aftermath (1987-2002)
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Great posts as always.
While not the most important thing, I really think using Traficant as a sort of Brezhnev/late-party Syndie official fits really nicely with the aesthetic of a Syndicalist USA that is far from perfect. A good choice that isn't an OTL left-wing radical (though he's not exactly mainstream) without seeming lazy or out of place.
While not the most important thing, I really think using Traficant as a sort of Brezhnev/late-party Syndie official fits really nicely with the aesthetic of a Syndicalist USA that is far from perfect. A good choice that isn't an OTL left-wing radical (though he's not exactly mainstream) without seeming lazy or out of place.
Indiana Beach Crow
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I'm actually kind of curious about the RNL.
First, what is the polygamist Mormon scene like ITTL? OTL it has two major branches: the Apostolic United Brethren (who, aside from the whole polygamy thing, are somewhat sane), and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (who are an authoritarian, child-abusing cult). These are joined by a gallimaufry of more minor organizations and leaders, of whom the most insane was Ervil LeBaron, a man who answers the age-old question "what would happen if an actual, honest to goodness serial killer led a cult".
Second, what relationship do the RNL's leadership have to their "prophet"? Do they talk to him on a regular basis? Does he have much influence on the group's overall direction and strategy? Is he still in Pacifica or has he decamped to RNL territory? (Considering that polygamy is probably still illegal in Pacifica, that some of the OTL Mormon polygamist leaders got up to a lot of illegal activities, and that the overall Mormon polygamist scene, at least IOTL, is highly suspicious of secular authority, this is very much a possibility.) If so, are there tensions between him and the RNL military leaders who actually guided it through the war?
First, what is the polygamist Mormon scene like ITTL? OTL it has two major branches: the Apostolic United Brethren (who, aside from the whole polygamy thing, are somewhat sane), and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (who are an authoritarian, child-abusing cult). These are joined by a gallimaufry of more minor organizations and leaders, of whom the most insane was Ervil LeBaron, a man who answers the age-old question "what would happen if an actual, honest to goodness serial killer led a cult".
Second, what relationship do the RNL's leadership have to their "prophet"? Do they talk to him on a regular basis? Does he have much influence on the group's overall direction and strategy? Is he still in Pacifica or has he decamped to RNL territory? (Considering that polygamy is probably still illegal in Pacifica, that some of the OTL Mormon polygamist leaders got up to a lot of illegal activities, and that the overall Mormon polygamist scene, at least IOTL, is highly suspicious of secular authority, this is very much a possibility.) If so, are there tensions between him and the RNL military leaders who actually guided it through the war?
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Skipping ahead a little bit, where will be TTL's equivalent of Tora Bora? The biggest cave system in West Montana are the Lewis and Clark Caverns, but they're ~130 miles from the Idaho/Pacifican border, so I can't see them functioning as the escape route over the border that Tora Bora did IOTL. Then again, I don't think the author's said anything about the timeline after !9/11, so the invasion of Northwest Montana may be completely different than the invasion of Afghanistan.