Political Events
Scenarios involving elections, revolutions, treaties, and political movements with alternate outcomes
What If Standardized Curriculum Was Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where national and state standardized educational curricula never became the norm, resulting in a dramatically different educational landscape across the world.
What If Standardized Testing Was Never Implemented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where standardized educational assessments never became the dominant means of student evaluation, potentially transforming educational systems, pedagogical approaches, and social mobility worldwide.
What If Stem Cell Research Was Never Restricted?
Exploring the alternate timeline where embryonic stem cell research developed without political and religious restrictions, potentially revolutionizing medicine decades earlier.
What If Stonewall Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1969 Stonewall uprising never occurred, potentially altering the trajectory of LGBTQ+ rights movement in America and globally.
What If Structural Adjustment Programs Were Never Implemented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the controversial IMF and World Bank structural adjustment policies never reshaped developing economies in the 1980s and 1990s, potentially altering global economic development, debt relationships, and the trajectory of the Global South.
What If Student Loans Were Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where government-backed student loan programs never emerged in America, dramatically altering higher education access, institutional development, and economic outcomes across generations.