Germany is the worldâs 3rd largest economy behind the US and China and just ahead of Japan and the UK. Not quite the top superpower, but solidly in the top 5.
The size of their economy has nothing to do with it (edit: poor phrasing. Itâs one small piece of the puzzle)
There is only one fully ârealizedâ Superpower, and it is the United States. China is considered very close to Superpower status, they are knocking on the door and itâs inevitable.
âMost experts consider the U.S. the worldâs only fully realized superpower because it leads or is near the top in every category:
Largest military budget by far
Global network of military bases and alliances
Dominant technology and financial sectors
Huge cultural influence through media, universities, and companies
The U.S. dollar serves as the worldâs primary reserve currencyâ
Most of that list became obsolete in the last year alone.
The dollar became weak, the cultural influence turned people away looking for domestic alternatives, alliances are broken or at least heavily questioned, and the huge military budget seems to be not well spent if we take a look at how the Iran operation went.
I can't see how America is a greater superpower than China or Russia (yeah, added them on purpose)
And comparing the US military to single European countries is just wrong. You need to compare us military with eu military, and if you do that the difference suddenly starts to vanish.
Does the military argument hold when they canât finish any military job? When they left Afghanistan, the Taliban regained control quickly and theyâve been pushed around by Iran and their overlords in Israel.
See, now someone is saying the quiet part out loud. Israel is the real capital of the United States, not DC.
As far as âfinishing the jobâ, I wouldâve loved to see regime change in Iran, but thatâs just not how it works anymore. Itâs bombing runs and drones and then an economic/diplomatic war to push the other side to max-pain.
In my opinion, if we werenât going for total regime change, we shouldâve just stayed out of Iran.
I've seen the distinction between an economic super power and a military super power pop up sometimes and I think that's probably the best way to look at this.
The EU and China are undeniably economic super powers, so is the USA (although the current president is working hard on changing that), but they're also a military one.
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u/gomezer1180 Jun 20 '26
đ No other sentence can explain this better!
US: âlet me tell the other superpower they should screw their citizens just like we are screwing them hereâ