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So Edward Bellamy was the author of a Utopian Socialist book called Looking Backwards which inspired the creation of Bellamy/Nationalist Clubs which was based upon the idea of the state Nationalising the economy to remove Capitalism. Now whilst this seems a bit fanciful the Nationalist Clubs weren’t fools, with many helping out the Populist/People’s party in the 1890s and Bellamy himself pointed out that for Socialism to succeed in America it would have to be different than European Socialism.
So what if the Nationalist Clubs lasted longer, and managed to foster more of a partnership with the People’s Party. Maybe we’d get a People’s Party that is similar to the CCF in Canada but being formed in the 1890s instead. Also a slightly earlier creation of a Social Democratic style Party does mean it can gain stream during the more turbulent 1890s rather than the more stable 1900’s.
Hell the long term effects could mean that a number of folks who went Democrat in OTL could go People’s/Nationalist. There’s a lot to play with.
So what if the Nationalist Clubs lasted longer, and managed to foster more of a partnership with the People’s Party. Maybe we’d get a People’s Party that is similar to the CCF in Canada but being formed in the 1890s instead. Also a slightly earlier creation of a Social Democratic style Party does mean it can gain stream during the more turbulent 1890s rather than the more stable 1900’s.
Hell the long term effects could mean that a number of folks who went Democrat in OTL could go People’s/Nationalist. There’s a lot to play with.