Iran after the proxies failed takes a more direct approach
Egypt bombs the dam
Türkiye invades Cyprus
Algeria invades Morocco
Central Africa is still Central Africa where the most people die
North Korea invades South Korea
Middle Eastern boarders and monarchy changes
India invades Pakistan as Pakistan collapses
the Soviet Pution
the hollow reality of corporate American incompetence becomes apparent in consequences and the world order shifts to nuclear in the first use of a weapon since WW2 used against NK.
the true weapon of mass destruction begins with the 80% effective AI drone with a price tag of less than $1000 each and by far the most cost effective killing machine in human history.
Puerto Rico becomes a US state to mask the prejudiced atrocities with immigrants
China ends its civil war
US technology is shown to be as hollow as companies like Boeing and Intel

I'd say most of that will happen within 4 years

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

India invades Pakistan as Pakistan collapses

Unlikely. China will start attacking from the East and India can't fight a two front war.

Of course I'm assuming our current supreme leader to not be a totally delusional fuckwad.

[–] bob_lemon 7 points 6 days ago

India and China stave off the war by agreeing to go Molotov-Ribbentrop on Nepal and Bhutan.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I think India will be the only one in a position to secure the nukes when world events lead Pakistan to fail due to financial mismanagement