u/Edguitar239

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France is a major power, but it pales somewhat in comparison to its allies and enemies in terms of population. Perhaps, just as a post-exile baby boom occurred in rural France, a post-revolutionary victory baby boom could also occur in communal France. These children, born between 1920 and 1925, would reach adulthood in time to be sent to the main grinder, which would be the Western Front of the Second World War.

FDR’s New Deal would be a catastrophic failure in the Kaiserreich timeline:

Hi, before I start, I want to clarify that I’m neither a historian nor an economist—just an amateur with some ideas.

My proposition is basically this: FDR doesn’t need to be assassinated to justify the American collapse. Instead, he governs from 1932 to 1936, but the New Deal becomes a total failure that only exacerbates the nation's misery.

Hear me out: Historically, the New Deal relied on jumpstarting consumption through state spending, backed by the gold standard and the dollar's global strength. In this reality, by 1932, the **Reichsmark** has already defeated the Dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

In the Kaiserreich universe, the U.S. never truly took off as the industrial superpower we knew. Massive debts from France and the UK went unpaid due to their Syndicalist revolutions. On top of that, Germany’s Golden Age began just as the U.S. spiraled into a depression following the British Empire's collapse in 1925. By 1932, Roosevelt would have significantly fewer funds, and the American productive apparatus would be severely underdeveloped (no Roaring Twenties, no WWI victory, longer depression ).

After 7-8 years of stagnation, U.S. industry would be obsolete compared to a Germany at its technological peak (driven by their arms race with the Syndicalists). Germany would have already displaced the U.S. from European markets through *Mitteleuropa*, while monopolizing Russia and Southeast Asia.

There’s no need for a naval blockade because, by 1932, the U.S. is simply no longer competitive—not even in its own backyard, South America. It becomes a death spiral: the U.S. sells less, the economy worsens; the economy worsens, the U.S. sells even less.

This decade-long decline justifies the rise of militias (due to a crime boom) and political radicalization. The psychological effect is key: in OTL, the Great Depression was a "fall followed by a recovery." In this lore, it’s a fall followed by "digging deeper." After ten years of uninterrupted decline, the failure of the New Deal—the "last stand of liberal democracy"—leads to a total loss of faith in the system. Breaking away from democracy stops being seen as a violent, irrational act and becomes a **logical conclusion**.

American comrades, I know FDR is held in high regard, but in this context, it makes sense for his program to fail. We don’t need to kill him off; we just need to let history take its course.

Just as the absurdity of a failed painter and a street thug (Hitler and Stalin) clashing in the greatest war in history happened, it is also possible for a man with good intentions and great ideas to end up buried under the weight of history.

I might just be talking nonsense, so if that's the case, let me know your critiques in the comments.

Extra : Soy hispanohablante así que disculpen si el inglés está mal.