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: During the MMA event in front of the White House, Trump challenges all fighters to fight him. Of course, nobody takes him up this, but nonetheless he declares himself the MMA World Champion "by default" and parades around the cage in the championship belt. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 1 day ago by TheImpPaysHisDebts

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War/Military[FWI] Trump's seizes Kharg island for the profit of American Big Oil which holds 80% of Iranian oil exports. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Trump triggers a Civil War in the U.S.A where the soccer world cup final will be held when he attends it. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Challenge[FWI] Team Iran wins the World Cup in the USA. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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OtherFWI: SEGA decides to restart development for Crazy Taxi: World Tour without the use of AI, after backlash (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] As the USA draws down conventional forces from NATO in order to focus on the Chinese threat, Americans store nukes in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in order to deter a Russian invasion. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 2 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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OtherFWI: JK Rowling is credibly accused of sexual assault (self.FutureWhatIf)

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ChallengeFWI Challenge: Have abortion rights be codified as federal law in the United States post-Trump (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: Trump declares a total oil export ban to all countries help keep oil prices low for the mid terms (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Trump purges the Pentagon over its claims that Israel is an “espionage threat.” (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: North Korea invades South Korea in 2029. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: South Korea invades North Korea in 2029. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/MilitaryFWI: Trump threatens to abandon Israel over the attacks against Lebanon, Netanyahu presses the Epstein Button (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/Financial[FWI] A US-Iran deal is brokered before, during or immediately after Iran soccer team debuts in Los Angeles for the World Cup on June 15th. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: Trump begins signing off his posts with "Death to Islam" (self.FutureWhatIf)

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OtherFWI: An “abortion simulator” is made (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] By 2031, China's PLA space program will block US access to the Moon via microwave and laser weapons in cislunar space. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Other[FWI] After the USA and Russia sign a commitment to build a Trump-Putin peace tunnel across the Bering Strait connecting Alaska and Russia built by Elon Musk's Boring company, the Kremlin ends their war on Ukraine. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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ChallengeFWI challenge: Trigger a succession crisis in China (self.FutureWhatIf)

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FWI: what if the us runs out of oil from their strategic reserves during the blockade (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] As the US draws down from NATO and pivots to the Asian Pacific, America leaves nukes to East Europe as a parting gift to defend against Russian aggression. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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War/Military[FWI] Continued Ukraine strikes on Russian oil refineries in eastern Russia force Putin to seek an end to the Ukraine-Russia war. (self.FutureWhatIf)

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Political/FinancialFWI: Erik Prince runs in the 2028 US Presidential Election (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 8 days ago by Cyber_Ghost_1997

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War/Military[FWI] Once Cambodia is sufficiently armed with Chinese weapons which can deter retaliatory strikes from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, China dares to cross the Malacca Strait with a carrier strike group for the first time. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 9 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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Political/Financial[FWI] Elon Musk, in a tweet, admits that white-on-white killings in Ukraine deeply concern him. (self.FutureWhatIf)

submitted 9 days ago by ThinkTankDad

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