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I was born in Portugal, a country which was back then under a Fascist Dictatorship.
It was a dirt poor European country were things were so bad that it got Food Aid from other countries.
Fortunatelly, there was a Revolution not long after I was born. In the 5 - 10 years after the Revolution quality of life and average wealth in my country went up dramatically.
In my own country, Fascism came to power when the Finance Minister during Republican years who saved the country from Financial Ruin, just captured power and made himself President - so yeah, starting from a very low point Fascism can improve things a bit for a while, but it doesn't take that many years for it to turn the whole thing into shit and that's what happenned in Portugal.
Fascists might sometimes cause a little Economic bump if they take over from a very low point (the same happenned with the Nazis in Germany), but it never lasts, and the ones in America are already going at it so ineptly and haphazardously that I bet there's not going to be any Economic bump.
The Fascists are incompetent as fuck and seriously regressive, so they eventually drag down any nations they take over once the cummulative side effects of their actions have time to work through the system. As America is already in a post-Imperial decay stage, Fascism will just accelerate that decay.
I have no doubt that Dogey America will fall, eventually. What it comes down to, is how many people are ruined along the way?
That is why I think Europe and others should proactively work against Dogey America. It would help limit the amount of damage that is caused to everyone who isn't fascist. How many decades should North America be a fascist stronghold?
Oh, it's totally fucked up and I do agree that Europe should proactively work against Dogey America.
My point is that Europe militarily intervening in an American Civil War doesn't have enough upsides for Europe to offset the downsides.