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==== Realistically, no: ====
* Physics would drive everything toward: - losing or annihilating those extra electrons, or - blowing matter apart until large-scale charge separation can form (like gigantic regions of different charge).

But because your premise is “every atom gets an extra electron,” everywhere, all at once, the universe has no neutral refuge. The drive to neutralize is universal, but the imbalance is universal too.

So you’d likely end up with:
* A universe full of: - intense radiation - charged plasma - broken large-scale structures
* Gravity would be a much smaller player compared to enormous EM fields.

===== If every atom in the universe gained an extra electron: =====
* You break charge conservation (so it’s already unphysical).
* The whole universe becomes hugely negatively charged.
* Electromagnetic repulsion overwhelms gravity.
* Stars, galaxies, and planets become unstable and start tearing apart.
* Atoms and chemistry get wrecked, turning the universe into a chaotic, overcharged plasma storm.

If you want to push this further, we can also ask:
* What if every proton lost its charge?
* What if electrons stopped feeling electromagnetism entirely?

Those are… even weirder.