uspol adjacent rant
In some alternate universe "Make America Great Again" was the slogan for bypassing (perceived) social issues by focusing on economics, specifically "make America have a viable MANUFACTURING BASE again," acknowledging a need for job alternatives to expensive nigh-mandated college educations and that a country with a strong alternative energy game might really dominate markets. (I'd like to hope this AU has more focus on unions, public transit and working class home ownership.)
uspol adjacent rant
Obviously I'd prefer this to "great" means somehow "absurdly racist, our agriculture and fisheries are going away, and a lot of our coastline will be underwater in 10-30 years, but tbh, the above is a pretty capitalistic fantasy, which is kinda rank in a lot of ways, and most issues which could be seen as "social" only have a huge economic impact.
