I know this is a long shot, but... how ‘bout Ernest Hemingway
Seize the means of production drunk, purge your enemies sober?
I know this is a long shot, but... how ‘bout Ernest Hemingway
IIRR he was also dictator in Back in the USSA.Richard Nixon? Without constitutional constraints he could become a Stalin
After the fall of communism in the late 1980s'-early 1990s', Shulman tried to bring Hoxhoaism to the United States, and kept working at his mission of communist activism until his death in 1999.
Say what you will about his political views, but from what I have read about this guy, Shulman is most certainly not a man that lacks conviction towards his cause.
I tried writing that TL.Trotsky’s day out: How a visit to NYC influenced the Bolshevik revolution
Author Kenneth Ackerman explores the life of the Jewish radical in the weeks leading up to the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trots...t-to-nyc-influenced-the-bolshevik-revolution/
Maybe Trotsky stays in New York.
IIRR he was also dictator in Back in the USSA.
But if you are searching for a possible "American Stalin" you will have to look for bureaucrats in the CPUSA which have the possibility to amass enough power.
Bro, I'm straight up not having any idea how Hoover could be convinced to become a Communist.What about J. Edgar Hoover? He certainly had the clout within the FBI but I don’t know if the political iron was ever hot enough for him to strike.
Bro, I'm straight up not having any idea how Hoover could be convinced to become a Communist.
If we talk about "Communism" as in "Marxism-Leninism" J. Edgar Hoover would never be a Communist. He worked in the Justice Department since 1917 (before the October Revolution) and since then fought against "radical foreigners". It would take a quiet harsh turn of events to turn the leading prosecutor of the left into a leftist and a Communist.Well, I guess in the proposed timeline, Communism is a respectable ideology in the USA, attracting all the ambitious up-and-comers.
Problem is, in such a timeline, J. Edgar Hoover as we know him wouldn't exist.
In the Reds! timeline J Edgar Hoover went straight from head of the FBI to head of the secret police.Well, I guess in the proposed timeline, Communism is a respectable ideology in the USA, attracting all the ambitious up-and-comers.
Problem is, in such a timeline, J. Edgar Hoover as we know him wouldn't exist.
Reds! IMO, despite being a wonderfully written TL, just overall isn’t a great representation of a “realistic” American communist/socialist revolution. Revolutions tend to lead to authoritarian regimes that are just as bad or even worse then the regime it overthrew, Reds! just ignores historical precedent and cranks the American exceptionalism to 11.In the Reds! timeline J Edgar Hoover went straight from head of the FBI to head of the secret police.
Reds! IMO, despite being a wonderfully written TL, just overall isn’t a great representation of a “realistic” American communist/socialist revolution. Revolutions tend to lead to authoritarian regimes that are just as bad or even worse then the regime it overthrew, Reds! just ignores historical precedent and cranks the American exceptionalism to 11.
This is definitely one of the strengths of the Reds! timeline in that yes it unashamedly sets out to convey the possibilities of a communist America but does so in such a way that recognises that revolution is not a dinner party.In comparison the revolution in Reds! is much less severe: no significant foreign powers intervening, the wars over in a few months and it's a very decisive victory rather than a slow bloodbath. Even then the TL authors have made it clear up until shortly after WW2 it's debatable exactly how democratic the UASR is and it's not supposed to be an ideal polity by any means.