Can India become a superpower?

[Aidan_088]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXZ4pRhY-kU&feature=youtube_gdata[/media]

[Glorbo]

No. A very, [b]very[/b] large percentage of people in India are poorer than dirt poor.

[Aidan_088]

[QUOTE=Glorbo;40802625]No. A very, [b]very[/b] large percentage of people in India are poorer than dirt poor.[/QUOTE]

The video isn't asking "Could India become a super power tomorrow?" but rather "Could it ever become a super power?" poverty isn't permanent.

[ThePinkPanzer]

Any country can become one.

[Paul McCartney]

[QUOTE=Aidan_088;40802680]The video isn't asking "Could India become a super power tomorrow?" but rather "Could it ever become a super power?" poverty isn't permanent.[/QUOTE]

The United States has problems getting 50 million people out of poverty. A state even corrupter than the US, India, will certainly have trouble getting 800 million people and rising out of poverty.

[Fenderson]

Developing countries usually have over 5% GDP growth annually whereas developed countries usually have 3% because developing countries can copy technology whereas developed countries have to make technology. I can see both India and China becoming very influential within my lifetime.

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;40803186]The United States has problems getting 50 million people out of poverty. A state even corrupter than the US, India, will certainly have trouble getting 800 million people and rising out of poverty.[/QUOTE]

poverty isn't the biggest judge of whether you're a superpower.
if india all the sudden had an export surplus of 5 trillion dollars a year, and the same amount of people were in poverty, it would still be a great power/super power

[Ronin]

Give it 100 years and if they can fix their social caste system a bit and improve personal rights, yes, I do believe India will someday become a true global superpower.

[bearwolf]

You need unity to form a superpower and India is heavily fragmented and pretty much the world capital of racism.

Also he didn't mention the nukes that the area has which changes the playing field dramatically.

[Tengil]

hint* They already are.

[Beaverlake]

[QUOTE=ThePinkPanzer;40803130]Any country can become one.[/QUOTE]

[url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=796146]Just look at Peru![/url]

[Stoleypoo]

No, like he said India is split into too many different regions and mini-countries, nobody can be a super-power unless they are unified.

[acpm]

nope, their social hierarchy keeps them from even having plausible dreams of such a feat