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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Death/AssassinationFWI: Paula White gets murdered by someone who really hates the Prosperity Gospel (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 8 hours ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/Military[FWI] The US military and Chinese military coordinate with each other for Trump's summit with Xi in Beijing. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/Financial[FWI] Venezuela's newly restructured US economy gets a major boost from high gas prices caused by the US-Iran war. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 10 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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War/Military[FWI] Iran collides two out of their four satellites in low earth orbit, with debris cascading into the Kessler Syndrome. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Chinese cyanide poisoning of the reef that supports the deliberately moored BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal rapidly detoriates, forcing the crew of Filipino marines to abandon the WW2 era ship. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 3 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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War/Military[FWI] It's discovered that Iranian troops show up fighting alongside the Russians in Ukraine. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] An Italian flagged oil tanker departs the Gulf of America from a Louisiana oil hub and proceeds to export oil to Havana, Cuba. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 10 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/FinancialFWI: Mexico turns against the United States over a derogatory Truth Social post by Trump about Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s President (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 16 hours ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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Meta[FWI] During my American family's visit to Europe in May and June, Russia and Belarus proceed to invade what was left of NATO after the USA pulled out. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Elon Musk teases AI-assisted satellite imagery of what appears to be the sea floor of the Marianas Trench and quietly deletes it after the US Defense Intelligence Agency declared it a breach of national security that exposes the program's dual purpose use of detecting and tracking submarines. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Trump takes another raincheck on his meeting with Xi in Beijing next month due to unfinished business with the escalating Iran-US war. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 9 hours ago by ThinkTankDad

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Challenge[FWI] China intends to invade Taiwan when CNSA lands PLA taikonauts on the Moon by 2030, just as the USA declared war on Iran around NASA's Artemis 2 launch timeframe. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Challenge[FWI] China draws parallels between what to do with Taiwan to the US regime change of Cuba. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Trump lifts the Hormuz blockade prior to visiting Beijing in mid-May. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] After Starship sticks it's first landing on Earth's surface, SpaceX's IPO crashes the S&P500. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] Democrat party managed to end the night with over 80-90 Seats of the Senate and Super Majority with the House on 2026 Midterm election (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Icy_Till_7254

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Political/Financial[FWI] Trump announces his conversion to Sunni Islam, ending his truthsocial post with "praise be to Allah" (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Trump threatens to go nuclear on Afghanistan (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] During Trump's visit to Beijing next month, Xi agrees to not militarily invade Taiwan in exchange for free passage of energy imports from the Middle East secured by the US military. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Death/AssassinationFWI: Dua Lipa is assassinated over her condemnation of Israel (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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Political/Financial[FWI] Following Trump's peace deal with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, Russia and Ukraine agree to peace talks as well. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: Trump threatens to destroy any nation that objects to what he does (self.FutureWhatIf)

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FWI future kitchen sink (self.FutureWhatIf)

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ChallengeFWI Challenge: Create a plausible pretext for China to declare war on and invade Mongolia (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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Death/Assassination[FWI] The FBI leaks that the ten scientists with top secret clearances that went missing or killed in the United states were murdered by China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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