Even though it has come to a point where internet, the verbal and unreal world, has taken over the reality, military still has a large impact on a country's ability to be a global superpower.
Nowadays, most people live in the online world, rather than the real, physical world. People forget about their life on the earth and spend majority of their daily hours on facebook, online games, tumbler, youtube, and all other sorts of things on the internet. However, this doesn't change our perspective towards the physical "fear." Physical harm, physical environment, and other physical aspects that directly affect us, of course, has greater impact on us than a comment on facebook or an email. Physical fear will never change for the human kind, as that is what decides whether we are safe or hurt, alive or dead.
Now, when weapons are so developed and destruction has become so easy, the idea of the Third World War is, indeed, fearful. And it would be very easy for even a small conflict between two countries to end up to be a worldwide warfare since most of the countries are associated with each other in some way or the other as communication has become very easy. And counting for the fact that people are fearful of these issues, which could kill them or injure them horribly and leave them in pain, we know that military power will always remain a threat and therefore account for a part in being a superpower. A bigger military, obviously, would mean a bigger threat and better ability to destroy, which will help a country to become more superior and authoritative than the other. It's the concept of bullying with size or physical force.
Recently, North Korea has declared a threat on South Korea and left the world in horror and concern. The reason this was such a big deal was because if a war breaks out, it's not only South Korea that gets involved but the US that helped South Korea in the previous war against the North, and China that supports North Korea as communists. If US and China joins in - the two biggest (in all aspects) countries on this planet - then the rest of the world will probably be affected or involved as well. And everyone dies.
North Korea, other than militarily, is probably the most inferior country in the world. It has horrible economy, government, and reputation. It probably would have been wiped out by now, if it wasn't for their possession of nuclear bomb and a very advanced military. That's what leaves them as a threat and that's what sustains them. They are powerful. No one can touch them. Even though it is a horrible, loser country to be born in, North Korea still holds some power all due to its military. This proves that military contributes quite a lot to being a powerful country, and US is not able to sneak in with their excuse of justice, with an invisible threat of force and power, like into Afghanistan.
Physical power will always take up a great part in a human's life, because that's what we are founded on, and military will always take up a great part in a country's superiority.
Nowadays, most people live in the online world, rather than the real, physical world. People forget about their life on the earth and spend majority of their daily hours on facebook, online games, tumbler, youtube, and all other sorts of things on the internet. However, this doesn't change our perspective towards the physical "fear." Physical harm, physical environment, and other physical aspects that directly affect us, of course, has greater impact on us than a comment on facebook or an email. Physical fear will never change for the human kind, as that is what decides whether we are safe or hurt, alive or dead.
Now, when weapons are so developed and destruction has become so easy, the idea of the Third World War is, indeed, fearful. And it would be very easy for even a small conflict between two countries to end up to be a worldwide warfare since most of the countries are associated with each other in some way or the other as communication has become very easy. And counting for the fact that people are fearful of these issues, which could kill them or injure them horribly and leave them in pain, we know that military power will always remain a threat and therefore account for a part in being a superpower. A bigger military, obviously, would mean a bigger threat and better ability to destroy, which will help a country to become more superior and authoritative than the other. It's the concept of bullying with size or physical force.
Recently, North Korea has declared a threat on South Korea and left the world in horror and concern. The reason this was such a big deal was because if a war breaks out, it's not only South Korea that gets involved but the US that helped South Korea in the previous war against the North, and China that supports North Korea as communists. If US and China joins in - the two biggest (in all aspects) countries on this planet - then the rest of the world will probably be affected or involved as well. And everyone dies.
North Korea, other than militarily, is probably the most inferior country in the world. It has horrible economy, government, and reputation. It probably would have been wiped out by now, if it wasn't for their possession of nuclear bomb and a very advanced military. That's what leaves them as a threat and that's what sustains them. They are powerful. No one can touch them. Even though it is a horrible, loser country to be born in, North Korea still holds some power all due to its military. This proves that military contributes quite a lot to being a powerful country, and US is not able to sneak in with their excuse of justice, with an invisible threat of force and power, like into Afghanistan.
Physical power will always take up a great part in a human's life, because that's what we are founded on, and military will always take up a great part in a country's superiority.
