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The Communist Party of America was receiving a surge in members in the years directly leading up to WWII, with its members being especially concentrated in the state of California, with many prominent people in Hollywood being members of the Communist Party and some even being Soviet spies. So what if the Communist Party of America had received more members, or maybe even funding from the Soviet Union, with the Soviets hoping to destabilize the USA. This would lead to prominent Communists being voted into positions of power, and could lead to them seceding, creating a Communist state on the West Coast. How could this be possible? I see many possibilities:

1. Anti-authority and pro-Communist propoganda produced by Communist Hollywood gains the Communist Party more members, and by appealing communism to teenagers, possibly making the Counterculture into effectively America's Communist Revolution.

2. Trotsky is Lenin's successor instead of Stalin. Lenin was more isolationist, so it's possible if the Communist Party was more successful it could have received funding from the Soviets. With Trotsky succeeding Lenin, Stalin would have also been exiled along with his supporters, and would have moved to America, becoming a prominent figure for the Communist Party.

Is there any other possible divergence points I missed? Do you guys have any suggestions? Leave them in the thread, let's make the West Coast Communist.
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