The World's Next Superpower

[Richard III]

Originally posted by Inter32
Let''s tke this conversation to an italian forum., and let's see what their opinions about this are...

Of course everyone here is going to be against me...you are all americans....err..excuse me US CITIZENS.

And wrong here, too. Canadian. Are we non-americans the majority in this forum yet???

 

[Margim]

"And wrong here, too. Canadian. Are we non-americans the majority in this forum yet???"

Well, I started this thread, and I'm an Aussie

 

[NewWaver]

Assumption is great, isn't it? Hehe.

 

[Al Zan]

wait for 20 year Russian Federation will become powerful.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Easy. Next superpower is China. Will anyone alive right now see the day when the USA is not #1? No.

 

[ss3goku]

Originally posted by PantheraTigris2
Easy. Next superpower is China. Will anyone alive right now see the day when the USA is not #1? No.

depends, if you were born today, you'll probably see the US drop from superpower stage sometime in your lifetime.

 

[Al Zan]

Originally posted by ss3goku


depends, if you were born today, you'll probably see the US drop from superpower stage sometime in your lifetime.

maybe we will see it in are lifetime.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

I meant exactly what I said - and all indications are that it will be the case.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Originally posted by LouLong
...I do think the US "golden age" is gone and I think by itself the system should already be down now but...

Fantasy Land.

 

[ss3goku]

Originally posted by PantheraTigris2


Fantasy Land.

Why fantasy land? America is already going to feel the bust of losing millions of baby boomers. Not to mention that China is already having some leeway with America in terms of cash. They won't increase their currency, so America can shut down the trade or just watch it all go up in flame. I think Pax Americana will come to an end within a few decades.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Originally posted by ss3goku


Why fantasy land? America is already going to feel the bust of losing millions of baby boomers. Not to mention that China is already having some leeway with America in terms of cash. They won't increase their currency, so America can shut down the trade or just watch it all go up in flame. I think Pax Americana will come to an end within a few decades.

Losing old, retired people that are just sucking money from the gov't is going to hurt us? No. It will help. And if you think China's got us by the balls, think again. We have many options when it comes to the currency issue. Have to see what actually pans out. But China knows it's in their best interest to keep us as a healthy trading partner. We need them, and they need us. The more we both mutually boost eachother, the better. This is just a little game they're playing right now. They won't push us too far. It would be too dangerous for us, and them - and they know it. As for Pax Americana, or 'Golden Age', whatever, I think we're not even 1/4 of the way through it... much less even THINK about starting to decline. Right now, all the cards are showing that we'll be powerful for the forseeable future, and the world's leader.

 

[allhailIndia]

Well, America's cultural domination maybe matched in the near future, by India and China as the native populations of these countries grow more powerful in other lands.

And RIII how do you explain the fact the officially, Britains prefer curry to beer

After all, no more than 100,000 Britains were ever in India.

 

[Xen]

personally, I dont see how chinese and Indian culture will be doing squat.

its japan, and the U.S that are the rave now, and show NO signs of stopping- china and india just dont hold the appeal- domiannce shomainace- population size has NO effect on whats cool by a antive population- they most it can do is open up some "boundaries", and while that may be interperetded as culteral influence, I dont think teaching somone to be okay with a differnt culture is.

 

[Tathlum]

Hmmmm, not so sure.
Depends on where you are. Over here Japanesse culture does squat. There are aquite a few Vietnamesse helping Asian culture, Chinesse/Indian shops and restaurants all over versus maybee two sushi restaurants in Dublin. Indian Culture is very strong across the water in Britain, and again Japanesse culture does squat.

Future superpowers: US, the evergrowing EU, India, China, Russia.

 

[Richard III]

Originally posted by allhailIndia
And RIII how do you explain the fact the officially, Britains prefer curry to beer

After all, no more than 100,000 Britains were ever in India.

No more than 100,000 at one time. But we changed them quickly .

The figure does rise during WWII, of course. And I explain it by offering up the simple point that many Britons - my grandfather among them - were so desperate for decent food that they learnt how to cook with curry, but their desperation led them to cook with it better than the Indians could. And they were so busy eating the stuff that they started consuming it faster than the available stock of beer...

The fact that we imported more Indians than we exported Britons might help, too.

 

[Roundman]

Originally posted by Inter32

US is a Parliamentary Democracy

No, the US isn't Parliamentary. We don't have a Parliament. We are a Presidential Democracy w/ a seperation of powers organization.

 

[Sarevok]

I predict that the EU is going tobe picking some fights in the next decade or so with the US.

 

[Xen]

I dont think so- it would take sopmthing alot more drastic then what we have now to put the U.S, and EU on the war path- in my opion it would only be a contental expansioist policy by the EU the would drive the US to really consider it, and I doubt the EU would ever adaopt such a policy to round in all of Europe under its control anyway

 

[Tathlum]

Agreed, as long as the EU doesn't become an expansionist military power there won't be anything to fight about. Most of europe hasve no interest in this coming about. I don't want to see a unified EU army either. The member states should only act together as part of a NATO operation or a UN one. As for defence it is under no serious threat and besides two member states have Nukes. One of its founding ideals is to prevent war.
We are too similar in outlook anyway. We have and will have disagreements but they will be dealt with diplomatically, not militarily. Both sides have too much to lose and nothing to gain. Besides deep down we like each other.

 

[allhailIndia]

Originally posted by Richard III


No more than 100,000 at one time. But we changed them quickly .

The figure does rise during WWII, of course. And I explain it by offering up the simple point that many Britons - my grandfather among them - were so desperate for decent food that they learnt how to cook with curry, but their desperation led them to cook with it better than the Indians could. And they were so busy eating the stuff that they started consuming it faster than the available stock of beer...

The fact that we imported more Indians than we exported Britons might help, too.

Not to sound very jingoistic, but if the Englishman has such an ability to foreign foods, why did the English cricket team come to India armed with Insect spray and huge cartons of baked beans

Oh and BTW, how many cooks in "Indian" restaurants are British

Still, I can say it was a fair trade-off, curry for cricket