Slimebeast said:
headshot91 said:
Slimebeast said:
headshot91 said:
scottie said:
I would define Superpower not in terms of GDP or any easily compared factor like that, but by their influence on other countries. American corporations act in a selfish and shortsighted way and the economies of many European countries collapse - that is what it means to be a superpower.
If China wanted to, they could destroy the American economy, which would then destroy the global economy, thus China is a superpower, they just aren't (currently) abusing this superpowerfulness.
Europe, whilst having a whopping GDP has very little economic impact on the rest of the world and is thus not a superpower
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I'm going to have to disagree with you. Europe has a HUGE impact econnomically on the rest of the world. Taken as a whole its EASILY the worlds biggest exporter, importer of goods/services (over three times as much as china), and is the largest trading partner to many countries such as India/China. This entire stock market plunge atm is due to the world wondering whether Greece, and more importantly the Euro will survive...
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Maybe Greece is a superpower too then lol. You said it yourself, because apparently with the stock market plunge Greece has had a huge impact economically on the rest of the world.
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Not really, the superficial cause may be Greece, but as i continued afterwards, it has more deeper, Europe wide reasons. Such as the PIIGS and the euro in general.
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Did u really fail to see the point? (about the flaw in your argumentation)
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No, because there is no flaw. Everyone knows EU has huge power economically. If one part of that were to fail (greece, and to a lesser extent the other piigs), then the EU will have to inject huge amounts of money to keep them above bankruptcy. Therefore, it is not Greece that is the superpower, it is greece is part of the EU, and if parts of the EU fail then this will have worldwide repercussions.
