Long answer: Well I’m an anarcho-communist so the US should have never become a country ever. Countries are bad, full stop.
But I would definitely have preferred it become a socialist country over a capitalist one. The Great Depression would have made for sensible timing since labor was more powerful back then. However, my view is that the best time for socialism (anarcho-communism) is all the time, i.e. there would be no point waiting for a “Great Depression”, because capitalism is a system of death and destruction, so intentionally allowing it to continue is a form of human sacrifice.
Have you heard of “Reds! A Revolutionary Timeline”? It’s an alternate history story (in which the PoD (point of divergence) is 1901 when William McKinley didn’t get assassinated) about the US becoming a socialist country during the Great Depression. It’s a good alternate history story if you’re into this kind of thing, and it’s on SufficientVelocity.
Do you think the US should’ve become a socialist country during the Great Depression?
Short answer: yes, basically.
Long answer: Well I’m an anarcho-communist so the US should have never become a country ever. Countries are bad, full stop.
But I would definitely have preferred it become a socialist country over a capitalist one. The Great Depression would have made for sensible timing since labor was more powerful back then. However, my view is that the best time for socialism (anarcho-communism) is all the time, i.e. there would be no point waiting for a “Great Depression”, because capitalism is a system of death and destruction, so intentionally allowing it to continue is a form of human sacrifice.
Have you heard of “Reds! A Revolutionary Timeline”? It’s an alternate history story (in which the PoD (point of divergence) is 1901 when William McKinley didn’t get assassinated) about the US becoming a socialist country during the Great Depression. It’s a good alternate history story if you’re into this kind of thing, and it’s on SufficientVelocity.
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/reds-a-revolutionary-timeline.48563
Thank you for the recommendation. I’ve never heard of it. I’m not an alternate history guy but I do need to beef up my fiction consumption.