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It has a combined GDP that is greater than the US, a huge labour force, joint currency for the most part, home to some of the most advanced nations on earth and the trend has been it becoming gradually closer-knit. Fair trade helps break the cycle, but it's not quite there yet. If the price isn't good enough for the farmers in Africa growing them, they can't do anything to help the country to its feet. They'll be so desperate to get investment from elsewhere because they can't become self sufficient and kick off their own development without any help due to a very uneven playing field.Īnd then we get stock markets, another way to keep people down and underneath you- the price of cash crops such as coffee is out of control for those who are growing them- it's people in sweaty business suits in London and New York that determine the price. Why does that matter to taking over the world? Why, we can exploit developing countries. This has the potential to kill off any fledgling industry, keeping the developing countries in a spiral of decline.

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In practice, while developed nations are pressured to do this, when they do lower the barriers they get flooded with cheap goods from the US and the EU, as the WTO hasn't managed to stop them from subsidising their farmers, and things such as Chocolate products are still the subject to taxes (Eg, in the EU they have relatively high import taxes for products containing cocoa butter, lower for cocoa powder, but cocoa beans are free ). This means trade barriers such as quotas, subsidies and tariffs are supposed to be lowered so all members have a fair go at selling their stuff. Free Trade is the doctrine pushed forward by the WTO, and is apparently mandatory for all its members. SAPs could, if you're that politically inclined, stand accused as a way of hamstringing development in developing countries by cutting social spending, and therefore the quality of life for some countries (it wasn't all the time) in return for economic growth. There are other ways to take over the world- the use of global organisations such as the World Bank, IMF and World Trade Organisation are all based in the west (The first two in USA if memory serves) to have a huge financial influence on most of the world. However, there's no way in hell all the members of NATO would join the US in having a quick jaunt around the world, and Russia and China still do see each other as rivals.Ī combined BRIC alliance (The four potential super-powers of the world- Brazil, Russia, India and China) would be better still, but Brazil's separated from the rest, and in any case I doubt any of them would like to risk their major sources of investment and income. In terms of sheer military power, the US (with NATO) has the best chance, having the most advanced armed forces in the world, followed by a Russian-China alliance, which would have the combined forces of man-power, energy, and nukes to offset their slightly dated weaponry, if memory serves correctly. India - Similar to China.They're a democracy, they'll have a fair bit of problem whipping together a conscript army without being under attack first. If I remember correctly, the entire Iraqi air force was taken out in less than 48 hours. The country with the most chance, however, is obviously the United States, simply because they can attack first and hit the weak points, and before a country can even respond, a large portion of it's defense is gone before they know it. Honestly though, if any country rose up against the world, the world could combine and take it down. They couldn't conquer a single middle eastern country, and that was in their 'glory' days, and they had none of the restrictions or moral standards the U.S. Russia has long fallen from the power it once was, and is most likely incapable of conquering much of anything. It would be the modern version of Banzii Charges vs machine guns. China has more men, but technologically they'd be completely outmatched. military can strike anywhere at anytime within minutes after being given the go ahead.

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