Do you think that Europian Union will be stronger than U.S.A.?

Question

Do you think that Europian Union will be stronger than U.S.A.?

Answer 1

No.

Not for a while

China or India are the next superpower, everyone knows that.

Answer 2

Let's see....according to all the History books Rome tried it, so did British Empire and failed, Napoleon and Marie Antoinette made a stab at it and fell Hitler tried it again and it failed and based on statistics, it winds up being a dictatorship or Absolute Monarchy, the people rebelling and in chaos. It lasts for a while and always fails.  It's the Tower of Babel revisited with a loosely organized oligachy, with a Central government far removed from the people that have little or no say....NO, If America stays it's course and forget about a United Western Hemisphere!

Answer 3

Maybe.Maybe not

Answer 4

No...Members of any European Union are almost totally dependent on the importation of natural resources from other nations, with the exclusion of Russia.  If the industries that originated in the USA, but have established manufacturing sites in other nations suddenly withdrew that facility from that nation, that nation would experience a negative fiscal result.

Answer 5

Not in a thousand years. Not in the mid term or in the long run I presume. I'm not even mentioning how major EU countries are 20 years behind of US in weapon technologies, or how they are actually not unified (they could not even pass a unified constitution in the Netherlands and France), even in the slightest minor matter concerning external and internal problems. The real issue in here is, there probably wont be an EU within 20 years. Even if it lingers that long, it'll merely be an economic union as how it started out in the past.

Not that US is doing so much better but they are still better obviously.

Answer 6

The EU$ have already surpassed the US$.

Answer 7

Never !!

Answer 8

yes and African Union even stronger

Answer 9

Despite the juggarnaut it appears to be for the moment it it not likely to outperform the U.S. in the longer run.

The EU is comprised of a far more ecclectic mix of nations with disparate means and values than one would find among our states and territories.  The U.S.A. is a melting pot - but with far less of a mix than one can find in the EU.  Despite appearances at times, we are also far more 'melted' into a homogeneous population that enjoys a common economic outlook and goal.  The EU is far more divided in that way with some states who will continue to outperform others - and breed resentments in both directions.

As badly divided as we are at the moment on so many crucial issues and as sorely challenged as we are in the need of qualified professionals in key areas, we are far more cohesive and capable of far greater political recovery than the EU.  

Why?  We still and will continue for sometime to view ourselves as a common nation, despite our individual differences.  We have a more cohesive approach to practical politics as a nation - as broken as it seems at times - than an EU that can never hope to hold a 'parliament' in common without hopelessly diverse factions that will perpetually be challenged to find workable coalitions that can arrive at effective directions to meet challenges.

The US is at a major cross road now in our history and faces a crucial time of choosing leadership.  We are a nation of individual plenty, for the most part - and our consumerism includes many non-sustainable elements that can only be considered vital for the moment.  The cavalier consumption of fossil fuels is one example: forget the environmental issue and just focus on the practical human 'need' aspect - we are clicking toward a time when most of our independent locomotin will grind to a halt if we do not change course - and soon.  

The well-meant news on bio fuels, etc. is not all telling in the real costs of such things - real leadership is demanded now to lead a nation of people to a new view that can meet this challenge.  If we fail we will cripple our children's opportunities and perhaps even set them up for global conflict like our generation has never seen.

We'll not give up power for our institutions - or means of reasonably independent travel - but we will change how we do these things or lose crucial ground.  Our nation still does not behave that way - we do respond when we see such a 'threat' - and in that we would have to live with it day by day we are very likely to not only 'get aboard' but demand finally the leadership to take us there.  This can - and likely will - restore a greatness that is sorely needed - but it is a decade or so away, it will take the 'great national emergency' to rally us around such a 'moon shot' effort.

Another key concern for the future of America is how we will engineer the infrastructure and resources needed to support our continuation of liberty and progress by more sustatinable means - we are not steering our youth into the demanding fields of study in great enough numbers or fast enough to meet the challenge as things now stand.  This too must change - and it goes far beyond 'no child left behind'.  Many states in the EU have an edge on this.  Not 'better' education - we have very fine institutions of higher learnig - the edge they enjoy is steering more young people into more effective training and roles.  Even the 'third world' excels in this - they largely sustain our institutions by smartly sending their own people here to use them - so they can return and engineer the means for their nations to compete with us.  We also find ourselves turning to them for expertise in enough numbers to get our jobs done.  This must change and if (when) it does, a greater nation will emerge.

The EU is less prepared to wrestle the resource beast in the long run.  They've lived smarter in this regard than have we for decades - but their 'unified' system lacks real 'unification' as I've stated above and they will struggle with the emerging issues with far less efficiency.  Why?  The poorer states among them are likely to remain so for decades to come - and will not be able to implement needed changes so fast.  The wealthier will not be so willing to give to the cause, either - all still see themselves as quite independent states and that will continue for decades to come.

In terms of education it is likely that parity will be established (if one believes the US will finally motivate its own young to meet the challenge and thrive as a result).

So, the EU is indeed a mighty power - but not driven in the same way as the U.S. at all and cannot find the same footing that we are capable of in the long run.  Again, if we will do it - the outcome depends on critical thought and action on our part.  

And I believe we will - without endorsing anyone in particular, it is observable in the present election process that America is getting a clue that great need of the challenges that loom.  Don't count on the next administration to do much more than continue to set the stage a bit - we are at least a decade away from enough of a feeling of a looming emergency to respond forcefully - but change will come, it will be demanded - and we can still do it better than the rest of the world because of a surviving mentality of liberty.  

And by my invoking 'liberty' please allow me to lay 'patriotism' aside: it's just an essential and tangible part of who we are.  Our current largesse may be dangerous, but we do recognize from where it comes and we won't surrender it easily.

I hope you find some of this useful.

Answer 10

it already is