the most powerfull nation

Originally posted by Rakarr
The Korean's do have some nice bombs they can drop on any one. But America lose? Never. Atleast I hope not. Just imagine if USA lost a war.... maybe things would be better 😂

The most powerful nation does not inherently have to be decided by war. And the US has lost a war in the past. The US is an important cog in the world machine, but it is quite possible one day it wont be such an important piece. This is neither bad nor good - tis simply the flow of time. I don't think the US should be seen as the be all and end all. Nor that the thought of it one day loosing the crown of King of the world being reason for gnashing of teeth and wailing.

Anyway China or India are definitely ones to watch out for. They have numbers which will prove advantageous in coming years with the predicted aging crisis that apparently will be facing certain influential nations. Add to this the industrial might they are building, the way they are drawing in manufacturing from western nations looking for a cheaper workforce. There will come I time I believe when the continued working of the global community will, for a time, rest with them.

Also certain middle eastern nations have the potential to be important, especially with natural resources that might become limited.

At the moment however I believe the US still holds on narrowly in terms of global culture, influence and military power.

No way dude, Mexico is gonna be the ones to d it, I swear.

I mean, all Mexicans automatically have combat experience from dodging the border patrol. They know how to dodge bullets, and camouflage with their environment. We're all screwed.

Add to this the industrial might they are building,

Which is based on Oil.

ah, no, its based on the fact america (and the rest of the western world) are getting them to build all our stuff on the cheap. They have to build factorys to make our nikes and Panasonics so they have massive industrial strength.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Because they have an insane amount of people, they will catch up on western standards sooner or later....they also seem to make horrible movies that people like to watch....

I don't see India becoming a major player the first generations.

Originally posted by who?-kid
India is a fast grower when talking about economy, but it still isn't a rich country. It's also always at the risk of war with Pakistan. The people of India are divided in different religious groups (Islam - Hinduism) who - to put it mildly - don't like each other.

I don't see India becoming a major player the first generations.

Actually India major is, for most part, fairly well unified, its only as you get towards the boarders and into Kashmir that things get unstable. The benefits of India are: numbers, fast growing economy, cheap labor, and a growing focus on technology directly aimed at western markets and English speaking economic powers.

This is in opposition to China whose economic growth and direction is different fundamentally. I still think India and China will be, should the traditional "western" movers falter, the ones to capitalise on any vacuum. The word relevant in the modern world to questions like the "most powerful" are hegemony, and the concepts are culture, economy, influence and military. Current trends put India and China on the fastest track to these things that are currently held by a hand full of old world powers and the US.

Nations and superpowers seem to come and go like trains...

Again, it's based on oil. Current superpower's have their economies built, and oil is almost gone, but China and India and other potential superpower' are still building it, and it's based around ar esource that'll be gone within a century.

China are using Coal, and alot of it, they are building a new coal factory every week for the next seven years or something silly, and they make everything...

BUT

The EU is banning goods from outwith the union so that goods made in Europe are sold instead.

China is on the rise in a big way, mainly because of cheap or slave labour, after all a factory using prisoners to make stuff has a lot less overheads than a western company with all the wages, health insurace and what not.

But it will eventually stop, after all if no one is getting payed and most things are getting produced in china, who is going to buy the stuff?

Originally posted by VanillaCocaCola
Again, it's based on oil. Current superpower's have their economies built, and oil is almost gone, but China and India and other potential superpower' are still building it, and it's based around ar esource that'll be gone within a century.

Or the oil cartels say it is almost gone so they can keep raising the price; ever consider that as a possibility?