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[The Dark Knight] What if Harvey Dent never stepped up and allowed Bruce to reveal himself as Batman? How does the rest of the film playout?

My first thought is that the Jokers attack on the transport is still in play, but with an unarmed Bruce in the truck instead.
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Bruce is never unarmed, because Bruce is always Batman.

In-universe, Bruce Wayne admitting to be Batman is as unlikely a possibility as Harvey Dent, if not moreso since Bruce's public image is clearly less involved politically. Nobody would actually believe it, not even the Joker, which would have given Bruce an easy jump on his target once the Joker came for him.