Wow, I was so engrossed by the reading that I hadn't noticed no one has actually won yet. I look forward to what happens next.
Colonel Bran said:Go confederate south! Long live dixie.
Again, I must protest the idea of an actual armed conflict in the United States at this time. At no time during OTL depression was such a thing ever seriously possible.
Colonel Bran said:Go confederate south! Long live dixie.
Of course, Spain is also the Spain of OTL (with a 3-way civil war)Viden said:This US seems the Spain of OTL.
I agree (mostly). However, if an election is "stolen" or something like that, things could get very ugly. Or there could be deadlock in the House, in which case things could get very nasty...DavidK said:Again, I must protest the idea of an actual armed conflict in the United States at this time. At no time during OTL depression was such a thing ever seriously possible. While the author has created an engaging and believable four-way split here (BTW: I have no issue with the Depression killing the two-party system - it almost did in OTL), I thin the idea of an armed insurrection unlikely.
The exception would be the hard-core followers of Mr. Reed. Even there, while he might get sympathizers to vote for him, he will get few to defy legal authority and actually fight for him. While the truly hard core could make stands in the urban areas, very few people would join something like that - especially i fit became clear they would lose.
The strengths of the United States at the time were apparent enough to all I think it would be difficult to overcome them for either Mr. Reed or Mr. Long. As for Mr. Long, while he had a certain populist following, he was absolutely despised by many. His appeal is limited, I think, to the south. The South lacked the wherewithal to make a go of it on their own - and most people knew it.
DavidK.
Arilou said:Mmm, I wouldn't say that. Not *likely* mind, but it was possible. (admittedly it would require a number of people fouling up most spectacularly, but such things do happen) Certainly enough people *believed* it to be possible, and that itself kind of makes it more possible than otherwise
TC Pilot said:Reed grumbled darkly that perhaps 'extreme measures' would need to be enacted. Everyone hoped that it was just talk.
Faeelin said:Eh.
Kaisrreich has a lot of cool concepts, and it's a blast; but looking at the premise isn't reccommended.
Viden said:This US seems the Spain of OTL.