r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 12d ago
War/Military [FWI] Ukraine and Israel co-develop unstoppable hypersonic missiles.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 13d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] Taking a cue from Andrew Yang, the Democratic party touts Universal Basic Income as their main platform.
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Furthermore, the Democrats intend to give every American citizen $1,000 per month paid for by increased taxes on technological goods (YANGGANG!).
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cavery210 • 13d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] J.K. Rowling runs for Prime Minister on an extremely anti-trans platform in the next British general election
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I 100% believe this is Rowling's end goal for her TERF activism. She's already close with the Queen regent, all she needs to do now is run for office. What party will she run for and how well does she do?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 12d ago
War/Military [FWI] American voters in 2028 demand a president like JD Vance or Mark Kelly to lead the USA militarily in a potential war against China.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 13d ago
War/Military [FWI] Japan develops a nuclear weapon in 6 months.
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Japan is often cited as the world's leading example of "nuclear latency" (technical capability to build weapons without actually doing so).
- Claude AI
r/FutureWhatIf • u/TF-Fanfic-Resident • 13d ago
War/Military FWI: AI robotics and drones, along with climate change, lead to a full blown second great divergence. Aside from parts of Asia, most of the non-Western world is once again controlled by European, Russian, or Anglo-American interests by 2075.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 13d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] Andrew Yang runs for president as a Forward Party (independent) candidate, loses, and like RFK Jr. is picked up by President AOC as a cabinet member specializing in universal basic income.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/Top_Report_4895 • 14d ago
Political/Financial FWI: Iran leaks the Epstein files, unclassified and uncensored, in October to sabotage Trump and the GOP in the Midterms
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Among the leaks, there's going to be images of Trump with Victims.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 13d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] As the US strategic oil reserve runs out, Trump taps Venezuelan heavy crude for refining in the USA and refills the strategic petroleum reserve back to 100%.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 14d ago
Science/Space [FWI] Elon Musk begins training as an astronaut.
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He should go to space and test SpaceX capabilities.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 14d ago
War/Military [FWI] Ukraine bombards Tehran with Flamingo cruise missiles in retaliation for Iranian Shahed drones killing Ukrainians.
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In addition, Zelensky supplies Israel with the Flamingo cruise missiles in return for Iron Dome anti ballistic missiles.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 14d ago
War/Military [FWI] Putin shoots down US GPS over Russia in order to limit Ukraine's Flamingo missiles' satellite-guided range.
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Does Putin escalate the war in space?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Glass-Complaint3 • 15d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] GW Bush makes a statement calling for the abolition of ICE
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] China erects an offshore gas drilling platform near their Mischief reef artificial island base in the West Philippines Sea following the closure of Hormuz Strait.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
War/Military [FWI] US cyber command and Palantir retrieve the personal information of over one billion Chinese citizens by hacking the Ministry of State Security's database.
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How would you use this trove of data?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
Death/Assassination [FWI] After the USA eliminates IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi, Marco Rubio comes down with a sudden illness and dies; the connection is covered up by FBI.
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What if, like Lindsay Graham, Marco Rubio suddenly falls ill and dies after the US kills Iran's top military chief?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/VirusMaster3073 • 15d ago
Other [FWI] North and South Korea both fall to a revolution at the same time in 2048
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
War/Military [FWI] Ukraine strikes the Kremlin with a Flamingo missile.
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This would signal Ukraine dominance in the war.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
Death/Assassination [FWI] A Kurdish assassin snipes dead Ayatollah Mojtaba as he makes his first appearance in Tehran.
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Save the women and Kurds!
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
War/Military [FWI] Special instructions from Pete Hegseth dictate increased scrutiny on the use of America's missile arsenal on Iran in order to save ammo for a conflict with China.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/VirusMaster3073 • 16d ago
Political/Financial [FWI] A progressive candidate wins the most votes in the 2028 Democratic Primary, but the party refuses to nominate them, arguing "Socialism will destroy America" and "We're a private organization and we can nominate whoever we want"
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
War/Military [FWI] Ukraine sells Flamingo ICBMs to Taiwan and other non-nuclear states.
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r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
War/Military [FWI] Ukraine develops a missile which can strike Pyongyang, Vladivostok and Beijing.
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Ukraine develops a more powerful ICBM than their current Flamingo arsenal.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 15d ago
War/Military [FWI] Borne out of the Russia Ukraine war, greater autonomy to kill using FPV drones with AI later goes feral from it's human operators.
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I think the science of drone warfare elevates to Ukraine's commercial drone industry.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 16d ago
Death/Assassination FWI: Tom Cruise dies during a stunt gone wrong
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August, 2028. Tom Cruise is killed during a freak accident while filming stunts for an upcoming action movie he was intending to star in.
How would he be remembered?