My original plan for averting the American Civil War was bolstering his intelligentsia faction and then using it as cover to grow the labour unions. Motherfucker dies at 35. The new leader is a bigot from Dixie culture.
My original plan for averting the American Civil War was bolstering his intelligentsia faction and then using it as cover to grow the labour unions. Motherfucker dies at 35. The new leader is a bigot from Dixie culture.
I mostly marginalised the planters. Zero investment in the south, big concentration on investing in heavy industry and conquering the west. I also rushed reforms that expanded voting rights and increased wealth-based taxation so they were dwarfed by the greater population. When I abolished slavery they had 8% of the political representation and no other factions aligned with them. However I was also standing by with 80 regiments ready to reduce the south to ash if they tried.
The terror is temporarily on hold until the unions are strong enough to convert to worker councils. I'm bolstering the welfare state and education to raise their standard of living and power.