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Hi everyone. A few months ago, I started working on a timeline called Honor and Respect (which you can read here). The main gimmick was that the world was dominated by ideologies that most people would find bizzare. I'm thinking about redoing that timeline, with several major changes. First, the timeline will be set in the real world, with a historical POD, not in a fantasy world. Second, there will be less over-the-top silliness like the country where everyone speaks in nonsense words. (There still might be some silly elements.) Third, I hope to do a little more forward planning instead of jumping straight in with no plan like I did last time.
This thread is for brainstorming. Some things I've already decided, but on other things I'm looking to you all for suggestions.
What I've Decided So Far:
In line with the title, two of the main ideologies will be Honorism and Respectism.
Last time, Honorism was fairly moderate and sane outside of the War Cup. Not so this time. It will be a much more blood-soaked ideology, based around mobilizing all of society for genocidal conquest. But it won't just be a carbon copy of OTL Nazism, it will have it's own defining elements.
Respectism will also be different. Last time, it could pretty much be summed up as cultural relativism. This time, it will include a heavy dose of new age perennial mysticism.
Mirrorism, the ideology based on "an eye for an eye" will also be making an appearance in some form, although it might have a different name.
The POD will be sometime after the birth of Islam and before 1800.
Questions to Discuss:
How far back should the POD be, within the range I've given?
What other ideologies should be included? I'm especially interested in adding more left-wing, or at least pseudo-left-wing, ideologies, since Honorism and Respectism are both pretty right wing.
What parts of the world should Honorism, Respectism, and Mirrorism arise in?
How should the central conflict between Honorism and Respectism be resolved? Options include: One of them wins, they both get discredited, they stay locked in an eternal cold war, etc.