The Mexicans are going to reach the moon, right?The next update.
The Mexicans are going to reach the moon, right?The next update.
I'm not really up for making a full world map right now (I'm saving that for when the timeline reaches the present day), but I'll see if I could do some regional maps.Can we get an up-to-date world map please? I’d really like to see how the world has changed since last time we got a map
(Also, great update as usual. Welcome back!)
I haven't really gone into how the political spectrum would've evolved without the French Revolution, because I really have no clue how the absence of such a notorious event would change politics. However, I do know that TTL's Left is staunchly Republican (Left-wing Republican, not something that comes out of an American's mouth every day), such as in Russia, so anti-monarchism is probably a huge part of the Left's platform. I've also been working with an assumption that The West ITTL would be more conservative and religious without the rabid secularism of the French revolutionaries influencing the left, so while there'd definitely be an anti-clerical streak to the Left ITTL (much of The Enlightenment was heavily critical of religion), I'm not sure if there'd be the same "religion is the opium of the people" attitude that came from Marx (an earlier poll resulted in Communism never existing ITTL). In fact, I'm expecting the question of religion to be a big dividing line on TTL's Left, with a more relevant Christian Left butting heads with the Secularist Left that won out IOTL. As for the Libertarian Socialist bent you brought up, I think that'd be interesting, but I don't know how I'd fit that in at this point in the TL.This is just a thought, but maybe Leftist forces, should they arise, takes a socialist libertarian bent? Less emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat, vs freedom for the people to make choices free from oppressive corporations and governments? Just a thought, might be an interesting turn of events!
Looking forward to the Ottomans, can't quite remember how you left them.
I like the sound of what you're saying here, it makes a lot of sense. Without the French and American revolutions, perhaps Leftist forces would be less likely to be champing at the bit for revolution and also anti-religious.I haven't really gone into how the political spectrum would've evolved without the French Revolution, because I really have no clue how the absence of such a notorious event would change politics. However, I do know that TTL's Left is staunchly Republican (Left-wing Republican, not something that comes out of an American's mouth every day), such as in Russia, so anti-monarchism is probably a huge part of the Left's platform. I've also been working with an assumption that The West ITTL would be more conservative and religious without the rabid secularism of the French revolutionaries influencing the left, so while there'd definitely be an anti-clerical streak to the Left ITTL (much of The Enlightenment was heavily critical of religion), I'm not sure if there'd be the same "religion is the opium of the people" attitude that came from Marx (an earlier poll resulted in Communism never existing ITTL). In fact, I'm expecting the question of religion to be a big dividing line on TTL's Left, with a more relevant Christian Left butting heads with the Secularist Left that won out IOTL. As for the Libertarian Socialist bent you brought up, I think that'd be interesting, but I don't know how I'd fit that in at this point in the TL.
I'd love to see that (as long as your British America TL doesn't get shafted as a result).Thanks to this TL, I'm kind of flirting with the idea of a surviving Huguenot Florida and/or Brazil.
That's something I hadn't considered, I may have to look into how Shiites were treated in the mainly Sunni Ottoman Empire. I'm sure the oil industries would be controlled by ethnic Turks, which would likely be a source of resentment for the Arabs, especially if they don't get much of a benefit from it.What about the Shiites in the oil-producing regions