>Superpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterised by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale.
>USA no arguments here, world police with military bases all around the globe
>China also no contest, strongest economy in the world, subtly controlling half of Asia and Africa
>Russia arguable, but strong military, and considering they are USA's counterpart, they have very strong political influence all around the world
>United Kingdom territories all around the globe, strong political influence via Commonwealth
>France territories all around the globe, controls the other half of Africa and strong presence in Indian ocean
UK, France, Russia, China and you forgot India are just powers.
Cameron Wood
Germany has strong influence in Europe, but not on a global scale.
India has 0 influence outside of its immediate neighbors
Gavin Brooks
this US is the only superpower, second rate world powers are UK, France, China, Russia then you have regional great powers
Kevin Fisher
We're a hyperpower bitch
Andrew Sanders
india has still nuclear weapons
Easton Allen
I wish Brazil enters this list someday.
Lucas Anderson
Which they'll never wield for military purposes for fear of Pakistani retaliation.
It may become a superpower but first it would need to outdo Pakistan.
Ian Morris
We're a super saiyan power bitch
Easton Flores
Remove United Kingdom and France
Luis Wright
It can have giant robotic mechadroids, but they don't have global influence, which is what makes a superpower.
Kayden Miller
What does the UK and France even do today? The only time I hear about them doing anything big on a global scale it's basically just following along with whatever big daddy US is doing.
Did you read your own terms? GLOBAL scale. Only the US is capeble of doing this.
Also: >China Don't be fooled, the reason why china is such abig market is because there are a lot of people to buy stuff. Without imports of goods the state would lose nearly 1/3 of its GDP from taxes on those products. And they didn't even controll all of there land, just because they bully two smaller states around doesn't mean that they influence shit. Don't overrate them.
>Russia >around the world Not really. There influence stoped then the USSR fall apart. >Strong military Only in numbers not in quality
>UK some islands around the world means shit. Brits loosing power since WWII and there is no end is sight. They rush torwards internal struggles as if happens ofter in there history
>France same as UK
Extra Round: >No Germany Heavy Influence over the EU and its policies, over the largest combined market in the world
Aiden Hughes
No Brazil?
Caleb Butler
Just because they don't declare wars doesn't mean they don't do anything. Their influence around the world is huge via trade, plus British companies own half of South America and southern Asia, and French literally own half of Africa
Logan Morgan
And nobody really cared after that. Remember when your country was mocked by Americans when France didn’t want to join against Iraq back in 2003?
Juan Watson
>berating about the inclusion of France and the UK >also berating him for the non-inclusion Germany You can't have it both ways. Germany is very influential, but there's no way it deserves to be on there more than France or the UK.
Adrian Cook
no dude, not in this day and age
Logan Wilson
I don't care, I hate France.
Anthony Young
not the UK, but anglo countries together in the Commonwealth are still a strong power block, but I certainly wouldn't list them separately from the USA, the USA is more in control of the anglo block than the UK, and the UK has no power over Nigeria or India or SA, or even Malaysia, unlike the USA
France is relevant because Africa's population is rapidly growing and will be the Asia of the future, Francosphere and French influence is still a thing there
on the other hand after the fall of the USSR, Russia has no global presence
I don't question our irrelevance. I just never really hear about France and UK's influence on the world stage unless it's like going along with the US and bombing Syria and stuff like that.
Fair enough. I was thinking more along the lines of being in the cultural limelight and actively taking part in the big news stories. Feels like the UK and France are more just hold out's from their previous power more than active trendsetters you know.
Liam Long
US global influence is overrated, they only seem influential, since they are UN's pitbull
Blake Long
>us is un's pitbull
Colton Cox
>being in the cultural limelight Well that's an area where France rests on its laurels of being lauded as "le fancy country of quality" like Italy, and we're all the better for it. Anytime France does modernity, it clashes with that and just endangers out other reputation as "le country of class and swagger". Reputation on which so many French brands are built like Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermés, etc... Then as user said, French culture is still technically going strong in much of !Fancophone Africa, and they see France as the be all end all so French schools will get a huge boost from that when they start studying abroad.
>taking part in the big news stories I guess Macron is doing that. Americans habe forgotten all about Merkel (they were calling her "leader of the free world" just two years ago through and seem to think he runs the show.
Justin Sanders
>Americans >following the UN Kek
Ryder Ramirez
You have a good point.
Sebastian Perry
>they you mean jewish media
Jack Sullivan
America IS the UN
Jason Morris
Basically what is true, you either dismiss Europe's Big Three all at once, or you argue for including Germany based on how they outdo Brits & French within the EU, but there is no middle ground. France and the UK still are legitimate powers on a global scale, however of course, it sort of goes like this : > Undisputed superpower USA > Strong, influential and relevant global powers China & Russia, in that order
> huge fucking power gap > Relevant global power, albeit with decaying influence France & the UK. Both countries are above more than a hundred other existing nations so I odn't get why belittling their strength or influence is even a thing, however they both do get seriously dwarfed by the top 3 of this ranking.
> Honorable mention Germany. Germany has no real influence nor military presence on a global scale, however its undeniable hegemony over the EU does make it very relevant when it comes to diplomatic weight.
I'm a pretty big chinkboo but I don't think china can be called a super power just yet. Give it another 15 to 20 years and they'll have a much larger blue water navy and maybe we'll even be locked into an intense space weapons development race.
Carter Harris
Well, the UN is a place where assholes from shit tier countries can play dress up with real countries and feel important so they are less likely to start trouble.
Nathan Bailey
Brazil is cool, m8.
Juan Wilson
US is the only superpower. Other countries you may call spiderpower if you want
David Smith
Superpower: USA Potential superpowers: China, India, Russia, Brazil, and the EU
At least that's what Wikipedia tells me.
Jose Phillips
>spiderpower What? They aren’t Marvel characters.
Thomas Cook
Only one I think has almost no potential to become a super power is Russia. I think Putin was right when he said the fall of the SU was the greatest political disaster of the 20th century for russia. They immediately got cucked out of their satellite states in eastern europe and are now slowly being cucked out of the central asian ones by china. In a few decades Russia's influence may very well stop right at their border.
Cameron Hill
And what exactly would you gain out of it?
Parker Roberts
Nothing, but it gets really tiring to constantly be reminded how much of a failure your country is.
Camden Powell
>all this pointless dickwave ranking multilateralism. macron said it himself. bros work together
the only super power is america, every other strong country is a regional power
only the us can influence any region in the world economically, politically and militarily, the other strong countries can realistically only do 1 of those, 2 at best in the case of china
Xavier Price
>I'm a pretty big chinkboo
Of course you are, Xiang.
Lincoln Perry
A superpower needs to have economic, diplomatic, military, and cultural pull. At present, nobody but the United States can match all of those categories.
Lucas Nelson
>and considering they are USA's counterpart They aren't they just have nukes and don't give a shit. Other than that it's like a sick old dog.
Jeremiah Bennett
>russia >strong political influence Mmm ok
Jackson Ramirez
>tfw George Orwell was practically right about the 3 superstates
korea is a literal superpower now because they have nukes and ICBM's. this isn't even debatable
Nathan Hill
Just because the UK and France don't nig out like Russia and China doesn't mean they're weak. They could both undoubtedly bully a country like Ukraine if they were retarded enough to want to.
Jordan Martin
>because they have nukes Prove? >ICBM's Wtf?
Christopher Ross
One Russian timetravller who was tortured by the future KGB (1000 years in the future) also said there were 3 superstates in the future
Bentley Peterson
There are no modern superpowers bar the US (no, China is not a superpower).
Dylan Cooper
intercontinental ballistic missiles omg why are russians so dumb? i can't stand these constantly drunk bydlo
