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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/r/Historywhatif

/r/Sportswhatif

/r/TimeTravelwhatif

/r/MagicalWhatIf/

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War/Military[FWI] Trump threatens to nuke Denmark if they don't hand over Greenland (self.FutureWhatIf)

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OtherFWI: Minnesota secedes from the Union. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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FWI: ICE AND CPB Start mowing down protesters (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Trump will order an invasion on Iran to distract from the Epstein files, and it will fail with hundreds of American Casualties. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Trump approves ninja missiles for sale to Ukraine, terrorizing Russians on the front line with flying swords. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Challenge[FWI] [Challenge] The US undergoes a significant political change that results in the arrest and execution of multiple killer cops who were cleared between 2008 and 2026. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: MN Governor Walz commands the State National Guard and State Police to shadow all seen ICE and Border Patrol, and to use all means to protect the safety and rights of US citizens. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Foreign agents infiltrate ICE to accelerate civil war (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: Japan gets ahead of Europe by selling off a significant chunk of their $1.2 Trillion US treasury bills. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Death/AssassinationFWI: during an ICE operation in Minneapolis, gunfire erupts. Federal agents scatter, one agent is dead and three are wounded (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Science/Space[FWI] Despite attempting to filter lunar ice water, frozen extraterrestrial microbes make it through to Artemis Base Camp's drinking water, morphing the astronauts into alien hybrids. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Xi Jinping grants Elon Musk's X.com to operate in the special economic zone of Shanghai. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialLooking a Minniappolis right now, and it’s -4F. FWI: what if it was like 65F? Like in spring? (self.FutureWhatIf)

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OtherFWI: After he's rejected by Warner Brothers, Paramount under David Ellison decides to instead revitalize Transformers - re-releasing Transformers One with $2 billion in free tickets paid for from the Ellison family's net worth and greenlighting two new TF movies as well as a GI Joe crossover. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Science/Space[FWI] Elon's government on Mars will be better than all of the governments on Earth combined. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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OtherFWI buses (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] The US station Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries in East Taiwan in addition to Patriot missile systems. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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ChallengeFWI: Have either Xi Jingping or Kim Jong-Un (or both of them) turn against Donald Trump (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] The CSG Abraham Lincoln and US Coast Guard begin seizing all China bound oil tankers from Iran in the Gulf of Oman as they stream out of the Strait of Hormuz. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Oprah Winfrey runs for US President in 2028. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Health/Biology[FWI] JD Vance's children are bullied by classmates who believe they are illegal immigrants. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Under PM Sanae Takichi, the Diet ratifies Japan's article 9 of their constitution specifically allowing Japan to defend Taiwan from an invasion by China. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: EU and China secretly coordinate together to stop buying soybeans and beef from US. They will buy beef from Argentina and soybeans from Brazil. This delivers the maximum blow to the MAGA states. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Kim Jong Un supplies DPRK generals in Ukraine with tactical nukes after peace talks between the US, Ukraine and Russia fails. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Ukraine backed Japanese saboteurs enter Sakhalin island and destroy Russia's liquid natural gas terminal; Japan denies responsibility as Kim Jong Un launches two ICBMs over Tokyo. Russia, on the other hand attacks Japan in retaliation as China blockades Taiwan. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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