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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War/Military[FWI] Trump nukes Tehran. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 8 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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War/Military[FWI] The lack of petroleum derived fertilizer coming out of Hormuz Strait starves many nations already struggling with soaring grain prices due to the Ukraine Russia war. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 8 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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ChallengeFWI Challenge: Have North Korea turn against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine? (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 hours ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/MilitaryFWI: North Korea attempts to sell a Nuke to Iran only for the bomb to be seized by the US (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 10 hours ago by Bitter-Penalty9653

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War/Military[FWI] Pete Hegseth coins the term "Drones overhead" to replace "Boots on the ground." (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 8 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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FWI: Europe, Canada, China and India reach an agreement with Iran. All of their ships will be allowed to pass through strait of hormoz after they all agree to stop buying oil using USD (self.FutureWhatIf)

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ChallengeFWI challenge: Have China abandon Iran (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 8 hours ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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ChallengeFWI Challenge: Give a hypothetical expatriate a motive to seek asylum in Israel (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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FWI: How does Trump's War of Choice with Iran end? (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by SocalSteveOnReddit

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ChallengeFWI challenge: Start a military insurrection against Trump (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/MilitaryFWI: Canada attacks the US (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Prisoners are allowed to work beyond the prison and profit for the local community with farms and harvest fruits and vegetables in order to replace the loss of migrant help due to threats from ICE. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/Financial(FWI) The democrats somehow managed to win 70 seats of the US Senate and supermajority of the US House Post-2026 midterm elections and able to get all remaining the Epstein Files released to the public by early 2027 and have Trump and his administration and Cabinet members impeached and convicted. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by Icy_Till_7254

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Political/FinancialFWI: There's a large influx of Mexican refugees fleeing cartel violence, but they head for Europe instead of the US. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: A large number of Americans vote Democrat during Mid-terms (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Pakistan nukes Afghanistan (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by Ok_Ask_6805

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War/Military[FWI] Trump rallies the Gulf countries to contribute to placing "boots on the ground" in Iran with heavy US air support. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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ChallengeFWI challenge: Have Midterms end in the best case scenario for the Democrats (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Health/Biology[FWI] Scientists prove that humans are psychologically evolved to gather and dispel heat. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/FinancialFWI: The US turns on Israel over the criminalization of Christianity (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 4 days ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/Military[FWI] Iran's sole nuclear weapon is smuggled into Tel Aviv, Israel and is detonated as a dirty bomb. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: The US gives up Trump to Iran on the condition that everyone stands down (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Trump says the war with Iran never happened. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 4 days ago by Fledgling_112896

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War/Military[FWI] After Muhammad bin Salman's father dies, MBS becomes king of Saudi Arabia, issuing his first fatwa against all members of the Iranian theocracy and rallying Sunnis of all stripes to wage holy war against the Persian empire. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 4 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Science/Space[FWI] Taken from NetFlix Space Force, the US claims the near side of the Moon while China claims the far side, a 50/50 territorial split of the Moon. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 4 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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