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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    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

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