Will Germany rise up and be a superpower again in the future? (Iran, Israel)
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Germany has learned that military power is obsolete and that economic power is all that counts.
True. And I think all modern Germans are shamed by the Nazi specter in their history.
I heard some US military guy a couple years ago (I forget who) who said that the best defense was a strong economy. So, he was for not spreading ourselves too thin and regrouping (dang! who was that...senior moment).
No one can know for sure, that goes without saying. However, look over the course of world history and how many nations have achieved true superpower status, then receded, then achieved true superpower status a second time. Although history is certainly no guarantee of future outcomes, it's been a pretty reliable indicator anyway.
But superpower is a 20th/21st century term so it is possible that nations that would not qualify for superpower status in today's terms could have been superpowers. Using this logic, there are more nations that were superpowers in their day that could rise again.
They are the current leaders in the EU. The people of Germany have a history of being leaders. They think they are the best.
Is it only a matter of time until Germany tries to lead the world again?
I think the US bases in Germany are from 1945-2045.
Not as long as they keep bailing out the rest of the EU on their shoulders. They will collapse. Just a matter of time until the entire EU collapses anyway. Folks in Germany are tired of bailing out others kinda like folks in the US are tired of bailing out the banks and seeing our money in the IMF go to EU countries too.
Not as long as they keep bailing out the rest of the EU on their shoulders. They will collapse. Just a matter of time until the entire EU collapses anyway. Folks in Germany are tired of bailing out others kinda like folks in the US are tired of bailing out the banks and seeing our money in the IMF go to EU countries too.
When are folks going to get tired of sending money to China?
There is always immigration... They are actively trying to make young Portuguese and Spanish people move to Germany. If it weren't for the language, they could use immigration to engineer their demographics, but it is hard to attract people willing to learn the language.
They need to step it up a lot more. There net immigration rate is 1, there total number of immigrants for 2011 is 44,000, down from 398,000 in 1995. They need millions age 39 and under but it is going to be difficult to attract people who are basically going to be taxing sources for the elderly.
When are folks going to get tired of sending money to China?
I guess when Walmart closes up shop.
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