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I think we're saying about the same thing from different angles: this would not be a good thing for America, but it wouldn't be an existential crisis, either. Is that a fair statement in your eyes?
For the most part yes. It wouldn't be an existential crisis that threatened America's immediate survival...but being surrounded by 3 or 4 autocratic powers with no strong Allies does mean there are multiple threats which, if combined, might overwhelm America over time.
True -- but another consideration would be the economic vying for market share that I think would see Americans gaining an advantage.
Given that America's domestic market was so big, manufacturers could practice the economies of scale without going through the expense of militarily subjugating this or that market first. Thus, their exports to the remaining markets (namely, South America) would be more likely to solidify what would indeed be a tenuous American position, I think, due to American goods being cheaper and probably more readily available.
I think that would result in American goods and agricultural exports being cheaper, unless the autocratic powers embraced protectionism a la Napoleon or the British favoritism of the 1930s, which is still going to result in military outlays for keeping the natives they've conquered quiescent. Such affordability would go a ways towards protecting American market shares in the unconquered countries -- and would probably come with fewer strings attached politically, further appealing to neutrals seeking to shield themselves from autocratic aggressions.
All true...although if Britain was to retain its Empire, then there aren't many neutrals out there.
That said, we're a long way off-topic so I'll probably shut up now.
The discussions above are very plausible. Add to this , the U.S. is a nation of immigrants, many of whose home countries are now severe dictatorships. Once stories from those ancestral countries come to those living here, attitudes may slowly change about getting involved. Remember, your theories include no Pearl Harbor attack, so the Japanese U.S. citizens will not be put in camps, nor will those Germans and Italians living here. We cannot assume they will be pleased with what is happening worldwide.
My maternal great-grandmother was Chickasaw. As kids, my cousins and I used to marvel at my maternal grandfather's jet black hair and dark skin. "Cause I'm an injun'", he used to laugh and tease us, which we thought hillarious at the time. There is only one known photograph of my great-grandmother, sitting on a chair in front of a log cabin. Of course, she was wearing "Euorpean" clothing and married to an Irish farmer, my great-grandfather. She was in her 90's when the photo was taken, or so my grandmother told my mother. The photo is very blurry and small and believed to have been taken around 1890-1900, not long before she died. Family history lost in the mists of time.My Great Grandmother was Cherokee. That means the Great Grandpa was a squaw man.
Were the German's a real threat to the US? Europe, yes, but the US? I doubt it. How would they have ever attacked the US in a manner that would threaten its security or existence?
the US was energy independent, agriculturally independent, etc... Germany was not much of a threat to the US..there is no way they could have threatened the US....
the Native Americans:Don't give North American tribes any ideas.
"He might be a sonofabitch, but he's our sonofabitch" was the attitude in American leadership circles, I think.
Hey Thump, or anyone, in fact, does anyone know the origins of this quote? I've heard of it being used in various circles pertaining to different people and so when was its first airing and by whom? I've heard it in reference to Marshall Tito and Ngo Dinh Diem of the Republic of South Vietnam. This is admittedly the first time I've heard it in use about Stalin, though.
He [Somoza] may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, About Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza
32nd president of US (1882 - 1945)
Sorry the answer is so unsatisfying, but I don't know, and honestly, I doubt anyone does.
I read decades ago somewhere it was FDR who said it as well.