Let's say the depression had the effect of destabilizing the united states government. A popular fascist party, similar to nazism, is able to compete with the other two parties (the Republican and democratic parties).
Would such a party have been able to gain enough support to alter the constitution or how laws are passed in this country? After all, when world War 2 started, the government was given an enormous amount of power and leeway. Including interning Japanese american civilians. America certainly had no shortage of racism or bigotry at the time. With the court packing plan and other such methods that became popular as a result of the economic woes of the great depression, perhaps a more authoritarian government may have been possible. Maybe even without formally changing the constitution or law.
Perhaps such a government would use similar economic tactics as Roosevelt combined with a similar military build up to Nazi Germany (the united states military had ~150,000 men at the time iirc. Smaller than Hungary or Bulgarian armed forces.)
Perhaps such a government may have instituted an expanded Manifest Destiny and provoked war with the British Empire or Mexico.
Is this a feasible time line or is it ASB?
Would such a party have been able to gain enough support to alter the constitution or how laws are passed in this country? After all, when world War 2 started, the government was given an enormous amount of power and leeway. Including interning Japanese american civilians. America certainly had no shortage of racism or bigotry at the time. With the court packing plan and other such methods that became popular as a result of the economic woes of the great depression, perhaps a more authoritarian government may have been possible. Maybe even without formally changing the constitution or law.
Perhaps such a government would use similar economic tactics as Roosevelt combined with a similar military build up to Nazi Germany (the united states military had ~150,000 men at the time iirc. Smaller than Hungary or Bulgarian armed forces.)
Perhaps such a government may have instituted an expanded Manifest Destiny and provoked war with the British Empire or Mexico.
Is this a feasible time line or is it ASB?