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Topic
#1206

The United States is the Most Powerful Country in the World

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The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
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Better sources
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2
Better legibility
12
1
Better conduct
12
1

After 12 votes and with 80 points ahead, the winner is...

TheAtheist
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Time for argument
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Description

The United States is the mightiest country on Earth, as of now. If my opponent believes the opposite, he should select a country he thinks is more powerful and debate with me.

Please provide sources if you're going to include statistics.

France has more soft power France becomes the world No 1 for soft power France is the most powerful nation in the world. At least, it is when it comes to a certain type of power.

The election of President Emmanuel Macron has propelled France to the top of the Soft Power league table. Macron and his centrist government have leapfrogged the United Kingdom, United States, Germany and Canada to claim first place in the annual ranking of countries’ soft power.

Since the results were announced, President Macron's distinctive take on diplomacy has seen him give a live horse to China's President Xi Jinping and lend the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK for the first time in history. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/france-new-world-leader-in-soft-power/

in terms of soft power its actually france

Criterion Pro Tie Con Points
Better arguments ✔ ✗ ✗ 3 points
Better sources ✔ ✗ ✗ 2 points
Better spelling and ✔ ✗ ✗ 1 point
Better conduct ✔ ✗ ✗ 1 point
Reason:
Full forfeit by CON

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@Exile

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@David

I say let them vote if it's not moderated

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@David

come on it was FF

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@Exile

https://www.debateart.com/rules

Something else you'll find useful: https://tiny.cc/DebateArt

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@David

Could I get a link to the COC?

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@Nicko75442
@Exile

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>Reported Vote: Nicko/Exile // Mod action: Removed

>Points Awarded: Points to con for forfeit

>Reason for Mod Action: These accounts are ineligible to vote. In order to vote, an account must: (1) Read the site’s COC AND have completed 2 non-troll/non-FF debate OR have 100 forum posts.

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@Trent0405

I truly can't wrap my head around that number, what a weapon it could be if used properly!

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@MisterChris

true, such a large population lets you scale you economy to insane levels

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@Trent0405

Jesus. Also, just think about how China's population of 1.4 billion is more than the entire human population combined for much of human history.

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@MisterChris

True, I heard if China had the GDP per capita of America their GDP would be 40 trillion

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@Trent0405

Could be propaganda numbers, that's true. But no doubt China has the population and resources to soar to the top. It's inevitable, but may not be immediately on the horizon.

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@MisterChris

well said, I think china'sthraet to the US is exaggerated, many question the validity of China's growth, even china's minister of economics said China's GDP growth figures are unreliable. It's also fishy how china's unemployment didn't change during an economic recession.

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@Trent0405

Yes, absolutely, I think you're right in that it is CAPABLE of being debated. So it is not TRULY truism in the sense of it not being a debate at all, but it is a rather obvious win for Pro. (Which is why I said it is "a bit like" a truism debate, but not completely.) When weighing all the metrics of what constitutes "power," it is fairly obvious China falls behind with tech, military, living standards, most metrics of economy, etc.

However, I think an interesting debate would be: "Will China be more powerful than the US in the FUTURE?"
China, imo, has the potential to be the most powerful empire the world has ever witnessed.

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@MisterChris

I disagree, China is a nation you could argue well, I do still belive America is stonger, but China by GDP PPP and real GDP is richer than America, only by nominal GDP and GDP percapita is America richer

To me this seems a bit like a truism debate. Maybe a better one is "America is the GREATEST country in the world"

Dang it, I was really hoping to see a full debate here. Too bad Con had to forfeit.

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@Pinkfreud08

Huh? This debate is talking about geopolitical power, not healthcare or education. I never said that I only care about a country's power, no need to make stuff up.

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@TheAtheist

I mean is power all you care about in a country? Because if we compare the United States on healthcare and education which are two important areas, it's being destroyed.

I agree, the only other country you could argue is like China I guess.

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!