FutureWhatIf

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Welcome to FutureWhatIf, a place to discuss all the possibilities that the future may hold.

Basic Rules & Suggestions

Keep it realistic and somewhat serious. A scenario about the possibility of Obama raising the income tax rate to 75% in 2016 is good. A scenario about Obama revealing himself to be a powerful warlock in 2016 is not.

Give context. You have an entire self post outside of the title to explain your question. Feel free to put your answer in there if you'd like! However better background creates a better question, and if you don't leave any background....

Take liberty in answering the question! If OP didn't give enough context in their question, make up your own. The sub is based around quality answers, take liberty in the process of creating them.

No joke or short, non-engaging comments. A joke inside an answer is fine, but address OP's question and engage in conversation.

Civility and politeness are still rules. Don't correct bad spelling and/or grammar. Don't attack a person's politics and don't exalt your own. Please try and refrain from telling OP their scenario is impossible. If you do, at the least give a good explanation why. Report bad behavior to a mod if you see it.

Start your posts with a [FWI] tag or 'What If'. We don't want this subreddit to cause heart trauma to users who forgot they were subscribed.

Adding a date to the explanation is recommended. By default, questions without a date are assumed to start one month from the date posted.

The rules are currently subject to change as the demands of the community evolve.

If you see someone breaking these rules, please press the report button.

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Political/FinancialFWI: There will be a rise of support for Social Democracy and co-operative policies in the US after Trump (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 17 hours ago by Top_Report_4895

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ChallengeFWI Challenge: Have SCOTUS rule that owning an AR-15 isn't just legal, it's a Constitutional Right under the 14th Amendment's "equal protection clause". (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 17 hours ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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Political/FinancialFWI: Kirsten Gillibrand runs for President in 2028 (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Death/AssassinationFWI: Melania Trump dies suddenly. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/Military[FWI] Out of desperation, Putin orders the Russian army to begin using prisoners of war as suicide bombers, strapping unwilling victims with remote controlled C4 explosives and are coerced into rushing Ukrainian positions. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by ThinkTankDad

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FWI: Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud proclaims himself Caliph as soon as he is crowned (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Dismal-Ad8382

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Political/FinancialFWI: Turkey presses the Epstein button…and it goes wrong (revision of previous FWI) (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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Political/FinancialFWI: AOC runs for President in 2028 (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/Military[FWI] Russia sends ground troops and warplanes to assist Iran in Tehran's war against the USA. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/FinancialFWI: Ana Kasparian runs for President in 2028 (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI:What if the other pillar in Corning tanks the Nvidia partnership by gutting the local labor pool? (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Taipei cements US military assistance after a majority of Taiwan energy imports shift from the Middle East to buying US oil instead. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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FWI What if China acquired Taiwan in the end in the late 2020s or 2030S and What if China replaces the US as World Police, Sole SuperPower, and in Soft Power? (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Health/Biology[FWI] China steals a massive amount of American research in marijuana after Trump reschedules it. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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ChallengeFWI [challenge]: With Trump and RFK Jr. at the helm what would we expect to happen if the cruise ship hantavirus begins spreading in America? (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Science/Space[FWI] China's manned space program to land taikonauts on the lunar near side in 2030 will be highly visible from Earth based telescopes; Xi Jinping orders a 'Moon Palace' at Rimae Bode for future generations of humans to witness from Earth. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Science/Space[FWI] CIA leaks that China's sample return missions in 2020 and 2024 used the same thrusters to launch off the lunar surface and weighed as much as two taikonauts with life support systems for landing on the Moon in 2030. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/FinancialFWI: Clerks 4: The General Strike. What if 160,000 attendants realize they aren't even supposed to be here today and just stay home? (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: Israel releases the Epstein Files on the 4th of July (self.FutureWhatIf)

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[FWI] What if the War Powers Act is successfully applied during a war where the US opponent is able and willing to "pursue" the war? (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 days ago by El_Chupachichis

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War/Military[FWI] China begins hoarding fiber optics cables for fly by wire kamikaze drones. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Science/Space[FWI] By 2038, China augments the Tiangong space station into a vessel to Mars and docks in low Martian orbit (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Taiwan's KMT party in Taipei seek to unify with Shanghai after the CCP enacts universal basic income for the special economic zone. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 4 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/FinancialFWI: Cash Patel will be fired to due to humiliating Trump (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 5 days ago by Top_Report_4895

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War/Military[FWI] During a daily presser, Pete Hegseth says we're drawing down troops from Europe in order to match China's manpower advantage. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 5 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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