There is Power in Socialism.
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OOC: Since the First World War is a critical part of how American socialism gets more powerful, I'm going to post it in different bits, OK? There'll be some narrative too. Oh, and I'm actually focusing on mid-terms as well.
1913: The Happy Warrior
28th President of the United States: Heisler Ball
In retrospect, it all was inevitable. Globalization tied the world ever closer together, while America increasingly got itself entangled into European affairs, so, when the whole thing came down and war started, the alliance system triggered led Britain, France and Italy to drag America into the war.
They thought it would be a quick war, especially with America on their side, but it turned out to be a long war, one that would leave everybody traumatized. 1913 saw the first soldiers, those so-called "Happy Warriors", leave on the trains and boats from Britain and America into France, and into a land that turned to hell as Germany invaded.
At first, old warfare ruled, and many died, but trench warfare was soon utilized, and by the winter of 1913, the borderlands between France and Germany, including Belgium, was a muddy no man's land where the first man over the trench was a dead man. Everybody kept hidden from the other's snipers.
The saddest signs of this is in the failed "Christmas Truce" of 1913. On December 25, 1913, plenty of Entente soldiers "worked out" a truce with the Germans, and went over to meet them, taking presents and hoping a football game or two. They all died before they got half-way.
On the home-front, the pro-war Democrats and Republicans (which made up an immense majority) formed a National Unity Coalition in both houses of Congress, and this elevated the Socialists to the position of Opposition.
Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt used the bully pulpit to argue for the war and in fact, his eligible sons went off to join, eager to help America out.
By the turn of 1913 into 1914, there was fairly few optimism left in the soldiers, well apart from the incompetent Lieutenant George and people like him.
And so, the first chapter of our tale concludes. The world is at war and America is fighting it as well. The transformation is now inevitable.
1913: The Happy Warrior
28th President of the United States: Heisler Ball
In retrospect, it all was inevitable. Globalization tied the world ever closer together, while America increasingly got itself entangled into European affairs, so, when the whole thing came down and war started, the alliance system triggered led Britain, France and Italy to drag America into the war.
They thought it would be a quick war, especially with America on their side, but it turned out to be a long war, one that would leave everybody traumatized. 1913 saw the first soldiers, those so-called "Happy Warriors", leave on the trains and boats from Britain and America into France, and into a land that turned to hell as Germany invaded.
At first, old warfare ruled, and many died, but trench warfare was soon utilized, and by the winter of 1913, the borderlands between France and Germany, including Belgium, was a muddy no man's land where the first man over the trench was a dead man. Everybody kept hidden from the other's snipers.
The saddest signs of this is in the failed "Christmas Truce" of 1913. On December 25, 1913, plenty of Entente soldiers "worked out" a truce with the Germans, and went over to meet them, taking presents and hoping a football game or two. They all died before they got half-way.
On the home-front, the pro-war Democrats and Republicans (which made up an immense majority) formed a National Unity Coalition in both houses of Congress, and this elevated the Socialists to the position of Opposition.
Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt used the bully pulpit to argue for the war and in fact, his eligible sons went off to join, eager to help America out.
By the turn of 1913 into 1914, there was fairly few optimism left in the soldiers, well apart from the incompetent Lieutenant George and people like him.
And so, the first chapter of our tale concludes. The world is at war and America is fighting it as well. The transformation is now inevitable.
OOC: Congress as of December 31, 1913
HOUSE
National Unity Government (386)
Coalition Democratic: 201
Coalition Republican: 179
Coalition Progressive: 5
Coalition Independent: 1
Opposition (49)
Socialist: 29
Progressive: 11
Anti-War Democratic: 5
Anti-War Republican: 4
SENATE
National Unity Government (84)
Coalition Republican: 45
Coalition Democratic: 38
Coalition Progressive: 1
Opposition (12)
Socialist: 6
Progressive: 3
Anti-War Democratic: 2
Anti-War Republican: 1
HOUSE
National Unity Government (386)
Coalition Democratic: 201
Coalition Republican: 179
Coalition Progressive: 5
Coalition Independent: 1
Opposition (49)
Socialist: 29
Progressive: 11
Anti-War Democratic: 5
Anti-War Republican: 4
SENATE
National Unity Government (84)
Coalition Republican: 45
Coalition Democratic: 38
Coalition Progressive: 1
Opposition (12)
Socialist: 6
Progressive: 3
Anti-War Democratic: 2
Anti-War Republican: 1