Will Germany rise up and be a superpower again in the future? (military, Sacramento)
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I don't know about superpower, but Germany is a very balanced country. They have a good economy and a healthy relationship between the public and private sector.
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.
Small European nations like Germany, Britian, France became superpowers at a period in history when the rest of the world was quite backward, thus their industrial advancements gave them a huge advantage.
Over time, countries with huge populations and landmasses caught up and far surpassed these countries in power such as the US and the Soviet Union. Since then, China, which has a far larger population and an equally large landmass has started to regain it's position as a pre-eminent superpower.
With the same access to technology everywhere, and knowledge being democratized, I don't see how these small countries can regain the advantage and overtake these huge nations with immense resources to become leading superpowers again.
Remember, being a superpower is far more than just a great power, being a superpower means you need to be globally dominant. China is already achieving that position economically, with economic wealth, military dominance can quickly follow, though I don't think China is stupid enough to wither away its prosperity through a military empire like we are doing.
It is not possible for this to happen, as long as Germany keeps the European stereotypical mindset of entitlements for all citizens.
Lol, sterotypical entitlements lead to highest quality of living in the world.
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