Chile will be neither Sweden nor North Korea, and I'll leave it at that (Sweden's "socialism" is a misunderstanding of how the Nordic model works, anyways. It never has had anything approximating a command economy and the government's participation in economic regulation is actually fairly weak)Responses on a few points here. I'm not quite sure where the Author has Chile going in terms of OTL. Socialism. Are we talking (in order from least to most) Sweden, Yugoslavia, 1990s China, 1970s China or North Korea. To put it another way, will a family be able to own a Grocery (and the store it is in), buy fish from fishermen, fruit from Farmers (on their own land) and sell to their neighbors.
Will the US have the political will to deploy troops if something in the treaty (like Confederate military Planes) isn't followed? (of course assuming they can *find* them
How long will Long live, I think we've had other people live longer than they did iOTL if they were assassinated. (Live Long and Prosper???)
I regards to the UK. and the Cape, I don't think UK relations with Chile here will matter. From the Author's other comments including the Political move Right in Brazil. I expect that of the countries physically closer to Chile than Colombia, that they will get along best with Ecuador, Paraguay and Argentina in some order. (I think the Chileans view the Peruvians and Bolivians as subhuman). So as long as the UK doesn't go all in with Friendship with Brazil (which I don't think they will), the Argentines will be friendly. Also, the Argentines were beat down enough even though they were on the winning side, I can't see them making waves over the Malvinas Islands for at *least* a decade.
The ban on Airplanes and Tanks in the Confederate Military basically keeps the Confederate Military at a tech level that the Black Controlled areas will be to match for *quite* some time. Not sure that was intended by the USA, though.
Possibly, but there's gradients of what exactly being violated would trigger a response. Too many planes? Nah. A state re-imposing slavery? Hmm,
He's not getting assassinated in 1936 if that's what you're asking, anything beyond that would be tipping my hand too much.
Sort of, yeah. It's certainly a thumb on the scale. It was also an effort to try something I haven't seen done in an ATL before - a more conservative Canada and a more progressive USA, and the downstream impacts of both.I’m thinking that over the course of the chaos in the Confederacy the FCK would slowly transform from an ill-defined quasi-government to an actual nation. Especially if the chaos south of the Kentucky border were to effectively prevent the Kentucky “state-government-in-exile” from returning. Between America’s apathy and the Confederacy naturally turning inward Kentucky would have to fend for themselves. They have the resources needed to help set up an economy of their own. Not to say that the Confederacy would like it. They’d probably keep the Kentucky government-in-exile going right up until the last “legitimate” governor keels over.
Was the Canadian government made as Orange as possible to justify a landslide at the inevitable Quebec independence referendum? Especially if Les Troubles are as harrowing as they sound.
This is a very good point (and a good reminder that Argentina's issues are way more complicated than just "and then Peron" arrived; he was in the 1940s a reaction to those problems, after all!).The success of the revolution in Argentina probably affected that, tho. The relationship between Britain and Argentina was indeed very good, but it was based on a quasi-neocolonial model, with Britain all but controlling the economy. They made up large part of the exports, and had a near monopoly on investment, primarily in infrastructure for export and export related industries.
This state of affairs was held up in Argentina mainly by the landowner elites that dominated the country around that time, and while it led to some of the most prosperous times of the country, it wasn’t adaptable and made Argentina overtly dependent on Britain, as well as stunted industrial growth. Indeed, when the Great Depression came and Britain closed off the empire to imports, Argentina was supremely fucked, and had to scramble to sign an extremely lopsided treaty to get a market from the exports. This was, btw, the moment in which many of the problems that plagued Argentina for the rest of the century started.
Anyways, enough context and back to ITTL, Alem and Co. would’ve likely aimed for a different model that would’ve come into conflict with British dominance, favoring industrialization over export-oriented economy. The alignment of Argentina with America would also play a part, since it would’ve likely also involved an introduction of American investment to compete with Britain’s. Even more post-war, I’d say, since USA would probably be sure to keep their only real ally, from both an ideological and political perspective, strong and in their camp.
So by the time of the war, while Britain would likely still enjoy a fairly good relationship with Argentina and would still take a substantial amount of their exports, the picture that London would probably get is of a country slipping further and further away from their control, and not someone they can freely trust.
So, yes, Britain is probably still pretty cozy with Argentina, but nowhere near OTL in the 1920s.
Maybe. I settled on the book title before realizing that that was where the title came from hahaRandom question for the author-will there still be a syndicated radio show in the 1930s called "Amos n' Andy" to give Huey his "Kingfish" nickname? That is where the name comes from, after all-and the chapter book entries on him include that nickname (Every Man A Kingfish). I don't see why radio can't develop along relatively similar lines to OTL, and why some same or similar programming still comes around. You can just do what the show "For All Mankind" does and keep media largely the same despite seismic changes (one of my main beefs with that show, despite its clever programming and unique ways of subverting actual historical events).