POD of 1900 onwards, what, given what we know of America and its history over the last 120 years or so, is more likely to happen.
Is American more likely to fall to facism (led by someone like Lindburgh, William Dudley Pelley) or Communism (led by someone like Eugene Debs, Norman Thomas).
Both. At once. Probably along the Mason-Dixon Line.
how?
@Spens1 It would depend on what we are defining as Communism and Fascism both being very misunderstood ideologies, the later more so than the former.
By Communism I am assuming you mean Marxism but are you aiming for that of Marx or something that is more Leninist or Luxemburgist in nature/thought? What about Social Democracy, non-Marxist Socialism of which does exist America or something that is generally highly Leftist but not exactly Socialist? How about something a bit beyond that, something that is left wing but capitalistic (think Anarcho-Capitalism) or even Anarchism in generally that has had a long history of cooperation and association with "Communism".
As for Fascism do you mean that of Mussolini or Mosely both being Fascist 'proper' or Franco and Falangism or that of National Socialism of which requires further definition. Do you mean Hitlerite, Rockwellian or Strasserist National Socialism? Or you are you referring to a more blind understanding in being anything that is authoritarian, conservative and liberal (economically) to which various forms of Fascism in terms of pure ideology can fall into one of them, two (never all three as liberal economics and legitimate ideological fascism are incompatible) or of which I am sure I will get flak for stating, none at all. I am certain you not going to include those who are the image of Hollywood's "Neo-Nazi's" who are just militant thugs with no real ideology and embody next to nothing or Fascism, National Socialism or another other related school of thought.
Communism, if only because the primary cause for left-wing militancy would be a major economic crisis: which the US is vulnerable to, where as the primary cause for right-wing militancy is a broader social or external threat crisis; the later of which the US is in too robust a position to be brought into barring the afformentioned major economic crisis, and the former we have a too atomized/compartmentalized society that's accepting of a broad enough range of social norms for one faction to get the influence to overpower the others.
Thomas actually opposed communismPOD of 1900 onwards, what, given what we know of America and its history over the last 120 years or so, is more likely to happen.
Is American more likely to fall to facism (led by someone like Lindburgh, William Dudley Pelley) or Communism (led by someone like Eugene Debs, Norman Thomas).
Thomas actually opposed communism
More or less.
More or less.
fascism since, depending on who you talk to, some would argue that it's already happened IOTL
like i said, depending on who you talk toAuthoritarian? Yes. Oligarchic and corporatist? Probably yes. Rendered a lame duck from partisanship and polarization decades in the making? Unfortunately, yes.
In the throes of anything comparable to 20th-century fascism? Definitely not.