• America the superpower - How did we achieve this godlike status?
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[QUOTE=Shining_Sabe;29818605]They're more powerful? What are they going to do if we don't give them money? Invade us with their clone troopers?[/QUOTE] No they will activate the secret button that turns all of the toys into killer robots.
every country does something to contribute to others, every country has its own standing and importance lets not start some sort of elitist argument over which country has the biggest amount of shit and which is God's chosen and what not, super power or not. each and every country is important in its own way and none of them are godlike, its just a place with a name where people live
I'd guess it's something to do with the vast amount of cannon fodder and natural resources.
[QUOTE=ItsGary;29818641]No they will activate the secret button that turns all of the toys into killer robots.[/QUOTE] that falls apart after 10min
[QUOTE=Shining_Sabe;29818529]Our economy isn't Laissez-faire at all. Do you not remember the government bailouts that just happened not a couple of years ago?[/QUOTE] Yeah but we have this idea that Laissez-faire economy is the best. It's our mindset really.
USA is not a superpower China is a superpower EU is a superpower not USA [editline]14th May 2011[/editline] [quote]We have one of the freest political climates in the world[/quote] bullshit
[QUOTE=Hakita;29818356]I thought there are other superpowers?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Elspin;29818453]Haha, typical american circle jerk. Russia is still a superpower, and a fair bit of people would consider Britain/the commonwealth as a whole to be one too.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=LaceratorX;29818487]I would consider, collectively, the EU as a super power. Can't forget about the UK, and Russia is actually fairly powerful as well.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=codemaster85;29818490]Yeah, why did you put "the super power" there are other super powers in the world.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Kingy_why;29818556]China, India, EU (as a whole), France, Germany, The UK (maybe) and a few more are considered superpowers as well as the US.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=WhatTheKlent;29818580]Since you owe a shitload of money to China I'd consider them more powerful than the U.S.A And they save their money instead of spending it on shit and credit card debt. And they have enough people to drown everyone in the U.S in their piss.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=scotland1;29818613]Nobody is a 'super power' any more.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpower#Origin[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_superpowers[/url] America is the only superpower.
OH GOD AMERICA IM CUMMING obama? more like awwwbama
[QUOTE=Cuntsman;29818757]USA is not a superpower China is a superpower EU is a superpower not USA [editline]14th May 2011[/editline] bullshit[/QUOTE] Keep telling yourself that, buddy. Soon the US won't be if we stay on the track that we're currently on, but right now the US still counts.
If by superpower you mean a country with an economy that's right on the edge of dying, has no regard for the rights of people, has no democracy and is a short walk away from anarchy, sure, America is the only superpower.
why cant we just work together
[QUOTE=Elspin;29818453]Haha, typical american circle jerk. Russia is still a superpower, and a fair bit of people would consider Britain/the commonwealth as a whole to be one too.[/QUOTE] I wasn't even born here but it's stupid to say "typical [nationality/race/religion]" 100% of the time
Basically, america was the only major power that didn't get its ass bombed/shelled to shreds during the world wars. It had nothing to do with skill or determination, is was pure chance.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;29818811][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpower#Origin[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_superpowers[/url] America is the only superpower.[/QUOTE] Your own source says that Russia has risen again as a world power soon after the cold war.
[QUOTE=Android phone;29818861]I wasn't even born here but it's stupid to say "typical [nationality/race/religion]" 100% of the time[/QUOTE] I'm actually part american and spend a fair bit of time there, and I think it's a pretty great place aside from the governments of the redneck states. It just makes me quite sad when the kind of people that make the world hate america go around doing what they do best
God-like? That's long gone. We're not a the absolute festering shit hole that some media outlets claim us to be, but we're not a sight for sore eyes. No more of this city-on-a-hill drivel, we're just a 'city' now.
I don't get why the uk hates us so much, if we didn't help in and after ww2 they would have been still recovering.
Because USA is best.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;29818944]I don't get why the uk hates us so much, if we didn't help in and after ww2 they would have been still recovering.[/QUOTE] People will take any chance they can to be disparaging so long as they see the chance really. It's kind of the United State's fault for bragging for all of these years. Now that they're starting to fuck up everyone's letting out all their frustration.
[QUOTE=Elspin;29818453]Haha, typical american circle jerk. Russia is still a superpower, [B]and a fair bit of people would consider Britain/the commonwealth as a whole to be one too[/B].[/QUOTE] A fair bit of people are also idiots. Britian can barely function right now on it's own, never mind projecting its power and influence overseas. Regardless of how much Cameron thinks so
[QUOTE=codemaster85;29818898]Your own source says that Russia has risen again as a world power soon after the cold war.[/QUOTE] It says it's disputed
[QUOTE=Shining_Sabe;29818529]What? America fought in Vietnam and Korea but the Union was still around then. Our economy isn't Laissez-faire at all. Do you not remember the government bailouts that just happened not a couple of years ago?[/QUOTE] He is most likely a high school student and in high school they teach us that our government is Laissez-faire. Give him a break.
the superpower of america gave me the power to fly and shot web.
USA IS DOMINATE [img_thumb]hi[/img_thumb]
[QUOTE=Squad;29819060]He is most likely a high school student and in high school they teach us that our government is Laissez-faire. Give him a break.[/QUOTE] No, I'm saying that the people in the united states are taught exactly that, and that our general populace believes Laissez-faire to be the correct system, and has the "ends justify the means" idea embedded in our society.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;29819224]No, I'm saying that the people in the united states are taught exactly that, and that our general populace believes Laissez-faire to be the correct system, and has the "ends justify the means" idea embedded in our society.[/QUOTE] all credibility was lost because of your avatar
Because we're the best. HOORAH USA USA USA
Your country wasn't bombed to shit in ww2. Edit: In other news, Finland is a better place to live and we don't torture people or attempt to invade 2nd world nations.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;29818944]I don't get why the uk hates us so much, if we didn't help in and after ww2 they would have been still recovering.[/QUOTE] We hate everyone and everything, including ourselves. It's the British way.
UK, Russia, China and some more are superpowers.
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