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> superpowers like the USA Just how many superpowers are there?
by handedness 11y ago
> superpowers like the USA
Just how many superpowers are there?
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- astrodust 11y agoThere's a lot, really. X-ray vision, frost breath, controlling metal objects, mind control...
- Kristine1975 11y ago>X-ray vision, My cat (at least that's what it feels like sometimes) >frost breath, My cat again. >controlling metal objects, Kitchen magnets. >mind control Cat. ;-)
- handedness 11y agoIt was a serious question.
- handedness 11y agoGuys, this was a serious question. Who's he counting as "superpowers like the USA"?
- drdeca 11y agoWikipedia seems to say that there is not a single idea of what countries are superpowers. Some say that the US is currently (and since the end of the cold war) the world's only superpower. Some would say that the term "superpower" is not applicable any more. Wikipedia also gives a list of "potential superpowers", being "the countries (or political entities) most cited as having the potential of achieving superpower status in the 21st century" : " China India European Union Russia Brazil" This might answer the question.
- handedness 11y agoI appreciate the serious response. You might be the only person here who didn't downvote me to oblivion... The whole nature of defining a superpower (and the taxonomy that follows) is a difficult one, a point lost on most people here. Thanks again.
- dang 11y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346787 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346787 and marked it off-topic.