niceties55 said:
I need some sources for a speech i am doing,
It is a Speech on proving that China (if not now, will soon be) is more powerful than the USA.
I mean thet make all our stuff, know our technologies, and have over 2x the amount of people we have.
Any help will be appreciated, I do need at least 3 sources. Thanks
The reason China makes all of our shit is because we pay them 2 cents an hour for it. CHEAP LABOR! We own China, hands down. What technologies do they know that is so over-whelming exactly? Stealth? Well congrats for them on JUST now learning stealth. We knew how to make stealth back in the 60s, F-117A Nighthawk ring any bells? We're beyond your standard stealth, in fact, it's so advanced that they're going to make the entire U.S.A.F Attack, Fighter, and Bomber aircraft entirely stealth. B-3, JSF (F-35), and F-22A are prime examples of this.
Will China ever be more powerful then the U.S? No. Will some other country? Probably, my bet is on Russia or Germany. Germany has far superior armor and artillery units then the U.S does and it also has a pretty damned good army as well. That and the U.S will probably sell JSFs to Germany and her Allies, as they're cheap and a jack-of-all-trades aircraft.
China has more people, a lot of countries have more people, but people does not translate into power. Power comes from the objects used to destroy people. In which case your leading countries would be America, Russia, Germany, India, China, as well as France and some others. If you want to talk about sheer man power in comparison to China then by all means Russia has every country on the planet beat, but just because they have more people does not mean they are more powerful.
And besides, one thing I find myself always asking is why does mankind always have to be at war with itself? Why does one nation always have to out do the other? It's not a competition, no one here on this earth DESIRES to kill others. Experiences and motives drive that, not the human nature.
In either case I have military and war written all over me and my family. I'm enlisting in the Navy in one year, my uncles, grandfathers, and grandparents all served in a war, in fact, my grandmother was born in a Nazi concentration camp. My father got a full scholarship to West Point, but declined to pursue something related to Drafting, which is like an Architect but slightly different.
*sigh* Will America ever be replaced? In my opinion, no. Why? Because if you have ever seen the movie, "Why we Fight" you'll understand exactly what I'm saying. Yes I said the U.S will probably be 2nd best sometime down the road, but not for a long, long time. Well past our life times, that's for sure.
Which by the way, if you want an awesome source, watch the movie "Why We Fight". In fact, i highly recommend everyone watch it, you'll learn about why America is the way it is and why we fight so damn much and so damn often and how it's affecting this country and it's people.