but there wasn't enough benefit for France or the UK to justify getting caught in an overseas war
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
most likely point of divergence would be France helping the CSA in exchange for support of their puppet emperor in Mexico
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could've happened if the Union had struggled more in the early years
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or the Trent affair, when the USA seized CSA ambassadors from a UK ship
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that could've blown up if public opinion went the wrong way
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Harry Turtledove wrote an alternate history where the UK and France help the CSA win the war
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and as a result the USA allies with their enemy, Prussia
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and in this version of WWI the USA is on Germany's side and the CSA on the Allies'
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
yeah in our history the USA is on the Allies side bc they're one of the wealthy successful nations
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in this history the USA becomes one of the countries with a chip on their shoulder
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
both countries end up worse, the CSA still has slavery and is quasi feudal and the USA ends up going semi fascist
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i just made a note to read that. alternate timelines are fascinating to me. even something like "what if gore won"
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