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I thought Great Power was less than Superpower status.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
(I assume Great Power means superpower)I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Well it depends on the context.
Since Great Britain was listed as not a Great Power, I took it to mean 'Great Power' in this context to be superpower.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.â€
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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yes. I agree with Imran. If Britain is a moderate power , and the US is a super power ,what is a Great power?Comment
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Nah, Great Britain is not a great power, as I understand it. China, Russia, and a unified Europe, etc. are the prospective great powers. Maybe India down the road.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I had just assumed that the stupid Finn didn't know the meaning of the word.
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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hrrm. A strong Russia , and a strong EU are prospective superpowers, if you ask me, not to mention china.Comment
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DanS got it. Currently, US is a superpower and China and Russia are great powers. Europe, unified, would also be a great power.
And Imran, why did you take great power to mean superpower, when I already had superpower as a separate category?
Reasonable people will obviously check Vagabond's options, since I also checked them.
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Yes, it has changed. Russia is pretty capitalistic now. Everything can be sold and bought.Originally posted by DanS
"Russia will be democratic capitalist state, similar to US."
Capitalist? Has the mood/reality changed that drastically?
You seem surprised... The laws in Russia are no longer Soviet. Well, there still remains a lot of lawmaking to be done, which is what the Duma is supposedly doing in its free time.Would the laws allow something like this?
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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"A strong Russia , and a strong EU are prospective superpowers, if you ask me, not to mention china."
China and the EU will never be superpowers because of the limited geographical scope of their foreign policies. Russia cannot afford it and never will be able to afford it again. Just not enough people.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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That would explain those missing nukes we heard about sometime ago.Originally posted by The Vagabond
Yes, it has changed. Russia is pretty capitalistic now. Everything can be sold and bought.
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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"The laws in Russia are no longer Soviet."
I don't mean that way. Rather, do the corporate laws allow orderly bankruptcies? Are land deeds now recognized by the law? Is there something like a Uniform Commercial Code? That sort of thing.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Well, let's agree that both Britain and Russia currently have their own unique strengths, which nicely complement each other.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Britain, right now, is more powerful than Russia.
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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Don't take it so literally. There are things that money can't buy, such as happiness, love, nukes, etc. For anything else, welcome to Russia.Originally posted by DinoDoc
That would explain those missing nukes we heard about sometime ago.
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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That's true. Not enough people. But why would Russia need to be a superpower again? It's such a burden. Just look at the US. They have to care about everything in the world.Originally posted by DanS
China and the EU will never be superpowers because of the limited geographical scope of their foreign policies. Russia cannot afford it and never will be able to afford it again. Just not enough people.
What Russia needs is just to be a good Great Power.Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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