Chapter 285: Global Reactions to Bulgaria’s Surrender
To say that the global reactions to the ongoing war, or at least among those independent nations, were wildly varied was an understatement to the say the least. In its efforts to maintain neutral and not provoke either faction, the United States had begun a process of self-reliance.
God had blessed the American people with a land that held virtually everything they needed to be self-sufficient. It was probably one of the few countries in world history that could say such a thing without needing to form an empire of some kind.
Russia was another, but for reasons which only God could explain, they had never been able to collectively get their shit together. Vodka played a major role in this, but there were plenty of other reasons to be sure.
Still, in this life, without the Soviet Union throwing a wrench in modernizations efforts with their civil war, and acts of democide so vast they made a certain Hugo Boss wearing red armband group blush in embarrassment, the Russian Empire was on the right track.
Regardless, the United States, despite the pleas from the Allies to support them with material aid, remained insistent ongoing their own way. The Monroe Doctrine had been reinforced, which was more or less a pledge of "If you don’t fuck with the Americas, we won’t fuck with whatever you all have going on across the pond."
A joint declaration made by the United States Congress, and President said that wars on the other side of the world were no interest of theirs, so long as they themselves were not provoked into conflict. And that supplying either side in favor of the other was without justification.
Though there were some wealthy industrialists who lobbied for supplying both sides in the conflict, many felt that being known as a nation of two-faced war mongers was not within their best interest as a country.
And because of this, the trade of weapons, munitions, and raw materials that could be used as such were restricted solely to neutral nations. However, the United States did approve the sale of material goods either fully processed or in their natural state that could be used for non-military applications to nations that were on either side of the conflict.
Bruno, having a vested interest in the prosperity of the United States, did everything he could to keep people working within the corporations he in part owned within the American industry employed and in good health.
And even lobbied against the existence of things like corporate towns/stores from the shadows. If the American economy collapsed as a result of their current pursuit of autarky, then he would ultimately lose as a result of it.