Political Events
Scenarios involving elections, revolutions, treaties, and political movements with alternate outcomes
What If The Service Economy Never Became Dominant?
Exploring the alternate timeline where manufacturing remained the cornerstone of advanced economies, fundamentally altering globalization, labor relations, and technological development in the 21st century.
What If The Seveso Disaster Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1976 chemical accident in Seveso, Italy never happened, potentially altering the development of environmental regulations, industrial safety standards, and public health awareness across Europe and the world.
What If The Sexual Revolution Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the dramatic social and cultural upheaval of the 1960s-70s sexual revolution was stifled, profoundly altering contemporary attitudes toward gender roles, contraception, sexuality, and personal freedom.
What If The Shah of Iran Was Never Overthrown?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Mohammad Reza Pahlavi maintained power in Iran, potentially reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics, the global oil market, and religious-political movements throughout the region.
What If The Shale Revolution Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies failed to unlock vast reserves of shale oil and gas, dramatically altering global energy markets, geopolitics, and climate policy in the 21st century.
What If The Siege of Stalingrad Had a Different Outcome?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Nazi Germany achieved victory at Stalingrad in 1942-43, potentially altering the course of World War II and reshaping the geopolitical landscape of the 20th century.