Alright, equatorial space center and (hopefully) upcoming women's liberation movements!
The Union Forever: A TL
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OTL it was struck down in 1972. We'll see here.Darn conservative elements.
Hold on, a former president being involved in missionary work? Interesting. A great man.
Hands on management...interesting...a little proto-Keynes there.
I'm more interested in how MacArthur will be as a world leader. Europe coalescing around miniature alliances and East Asia on the verge of exploding, the internationalist MacArthur (I assume he is) will have some difficult decisions to make.
Hands on management...interesting...a little proto-Keynes there.
I'm more interested in how MacArthur will be as a world leader. Europe coalescing around miniature alliances and East Asia on the verge of exploding, the internationalist MacArthur (I assume he is) will have some difficult decisions to make.
That's also an interesting development. Remember, women involvement in WW2 industry formed the seed of the women's lib movement, not just what state bans contraception. America has had no radical shift in the work force like OTL, so if there is a movement like women's lib, it will likely come later than OTL.
It will also have effects on the movement of minorities into labor markets, which WW2 affected OTL. Mobilization for the Atacama war may have done a little for that, but without Total War wouldn't have been as dramatic.
Nice update Mac! I like how the government actually has taken steps towards environmental preservation at a time when IIRC the only President to really give a hoot was T.R.
Also, I'd forgotten that America possessed Guyana, which is a better launch site than even Florida is. Maybe a heavier kind of rocket will be launched from there during the space race?
Also, I'd forgotten that America possessed Guyana, which is a better launch site than even Florida is. Maybe a heavier kind of rocket will be launched from there during the space race?
Interesting points. ITTL more and more women are moving into the workforce. How much do you think the lack of a WWII would hamper this?
Maybe a lack of solidarity that the WWII workforce provided. Even those who were strictly against women working could usually at least concede that it was a "necessary evil" at the time.
Thanks FeetMac! And yes I am excited to about a spaceport in Guiana as well.
What mestasis said. There hasn't been (at this point) an event that has really created such solidarity among women. There are probably individual exceptions here or there but not quite the same as OTL movement.
I agree about the lack of solidarity. However, I'm not sure how big a role it actually played IOTL. I think that even without a WWII type mobilization women will still expand into the workplace over the years, maybe a little slower but not much. ITTL what we consider "women's liberation" is definitely a lot quieter. no burning bras etc.
My thought exactly. We'll have women leaders, sure. Just no mass, visible movement.
1966: Foreign Developments
1966
Foreign Developments
On March 11, German Lieutenant-Colonel Maximilian Schwiezer became the first man to journey into outer space aboard his spacecraft Adler. Upon his safe return Schwiezer received a hero’s welcome and was honored by a massive parade in Berlin and awarded the Iron Cross by Emperor Fredrick IV.
Confident of reelection, Prime Minister Cyril Atkinson called for an early general election in the spring of 1966. British voters were largely pleased with Atkinson’s policy of increased domestic spending and a less intrusive foreign policy. As such, Atkinson and his Liberal Party were returned to power with a handsome majority.
On May 4, the Russian Empire boasted the construction of the world’s first high speed rail line between the capital of St. Petersburg and the inland city of Moscow. With a top speed of over 125 mph the train, affectionately nicknamed the “lightning bear,” covered the 400 mile journey considerably faster than any of its contemporaries. Many other nations including Japan, Germany, France, Italy, and the United States took notice of Russia’s achievement and began planning their own high speed rail lines before the end of the decade.
In July, King Leopold III of House Hapsburg presided over the opening ceremonies of the XIII Summer Olympiad in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. While the games attracted recorded breaking attendance the festivities were marred by several large scale protests and the heavy handed tactics used to disperse them which resulted in nearly a dozen deaths. Many foreign observers noted that Hungarian society seemed increasingly divided between the conservative pro-German monarchists and liberal reformers.
For nearly three years Brazil had been in the grips of a severe depression as a result of the ongoing Latin American banking crisis. In September, after repeated failures to improve the economic situation, President Ronaldo Araugo and his Progressive Socialist Party announced that they would dramatically cut military funding in order to shore up the country’s struggling finances. Tired of Araugo’s ineffective polices and fearing the consequences of these cuts the Brazilian army decided to take matters into their own hands. On October 29, while President Araugo was in Portugal on government business, forces under Lt. General Victorino Palmeiro seized control of the capital of Rio de Janeiro. Within a week an interim government was established with the pro-military bureaucrat Geraldo Gaspar hastily sworn in as the new president. News of the coup shocked the world and was widely condemned especially by the member states of the League of American Republics who refused to recognize Gaspar’s government. Brazilian reaction varied widely with some welcoming the coup as a solution to the country’s problems while many others protested against it and even began contemplating armed resistance.
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The Germans are first? Dang it. Well, this should be interesting. I'm looking forward to the first American in space (from Georgia!).
Another Atkinson government? No surprise there. He seems to be off to a good start. But, unfortunately, the rule of Westminster politics will probably apply: Oppositions don't win, Governments lose.
Early high speed rail, I see. Thinks are looking good in Russia: true modernization rather than Soviet imitations of Western innovations OTL. It would be interesting to see how high speed rail will develop in the US, whether private or public.
Europe is getting rather tense. Still, this three-way miniature cold war should get interesting over next decade.
Brazil might pose a problem to the United State, being yet another crisis in America's backyard. This ultimately depends on how the new regime will act toward the US. Further complications in South America might embolden the Japanese into further "incursions" in Asia.
Another Atkinson government? No surprise there. He seems to be off to a good start. But, unfortunately, the rule of Westminster politics will probably apply: Oppositions don't win, Governments lose.
Early high speed rail, I see. Thinks are looking good in Russia: true modernization rather than Soviet imitations of Western innovations OTL. It would be interesting to see how high speed rail will develop in the US, whether private or public.
Europe is getting rather tense. Still, this three-way miniature cold war should get interesting over next decade.
Brazil might pose a problem to the United State, being yet another crisis in America's backyard. This ultimately depends on how the new regime will act toward the US. Further complications in South America might embolden the Japanese into further "incursions" in Asia.