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I don’t believe that India would become a military power due to their culture, but I can see them trying to blow-away Pakistan just on general principles.

Yes, they protect our computer development and customer service centers!

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In the near future? Probably not.

By the end of the century, I think they will be, as they will have dealt with most of their domestic issues.

So many people with indian accents are named Ralph or Irene.

in name only. they're so uncivilized and uncultured it's not even funny

With the only two answers being No way or Yes/Maybe, the only reasonable answer is Yes/Maybe since no one can definitively say that it’s impossible to happen.

They are already a nuclear power.

They will likely get their turn someday.

A billion people a day poop outside on the ground there. Disgusting.

I think Xi mostly did that for himself. China does not have self rule.

Unchecked poverty, low hygiene, and potential for disease will keep them below their absolute potential.

We hear a lot about the rise of China, but less about the rise of India. IMHO, India may be better poised to dominate the 21st century because I think China will eventually run into some real internal problems due to their authoritarian government. It’s possibly already happening because of Xi’s mismanagement of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Who knows?

How will eliminating misogyny contribute to them overtaking China?

They dont have the infrastructure.

They are a great country with strong ethical and intelligent people, jus lacking the infrastructure

Highly concentrated population, tech support gurus. They will win any war by just not answering US based calls.

I already consider them a power. Extremely dangerous situation too! India and a Pakistan both have nukes- most probable area of the world, nukes could be used!

India has been growing for 100 years. No to the Military power thing and throw in some giggles too.

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They already are a top 4 world power. United States, China, Russia and India.

Possible.

Not if they can’t find a place outside for 1.5 billion people to poop on the ground. They won’t use toilets and almost a billion people a day poop outside on the ground there. Freaking disgusting.

If they’re the smartest, then how come a billion people a day poop outside on the ground? Why do they have to collect cow pop, dry it and sell it to cook their food and warm their huts? While yes they may be nice people, there’s something wrong with their culture.

We’re at the top.

The just killed a bunch of muslims. The cops even helped.

India is a democratic nation whose revolution is still in living memory for some. The entire history of the Chinese people has been subjugation. They couldnt democratize their way out of a paper bag. The only reason China is considered a world power is because theres too damn many of them.

They have been for over a decade

They will be a major player because globalism is worldwide democracy. As an American I’m skeptical of global democracy because it will lead to a global arms race.

I think the ranking number is based on many factor and a small country may be powerful for it size. The ranking is in top down order.

But that doesn’t make India a major military power - it just makes them discriminatory. Remember, just 100 years ago they were still killing/burning wives right along with their deceased husbands on the funeral pyres.
Lots of factions in a India, just can’t see them becoming the next mega-power.
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Hmm - not sure - the Chinese made Xi “ruler for life” or “Chairman for life”, whatever they call it, just a couple years ago.
They are inscrutable! 😊
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The smartest people I know are Indian...

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Yes. For the higher castes, their education system is good, and work/study ethic too.
If they eliminate the caste system and some innate misogyny, they can quickly overtake China given how they are more open to and with the world than China. Plus they have English as a common language, one less business hurdle ( 🇨🇳 Mandarin???)

That’s what was said about China in the 1970s

The smartest people I know are Romanian. Crazy how that doesn’t matter lol

Probably. They’ve been becoming less economically restrictive and will likely continue to do so.

If we work with India as a sideswipe to China, good things will happen if we do it right.
Think of it as the 2020+ version of Nixon/Kissinger opening with China to triangulate against the Soviet Union. Worked great for China; too bad the trade policies hadn’t been reviewed untilTrump got in office and China had been eating our lunch unnecessarily for decades.

But the article said that the ideal number would be zero and unattainable.
Oh well. I accept that we are more armed than any other country by at least threefold - we’ve never seen a weapon we didn’t want in our arsenal for at least a little while.
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I like Teddy’s theory. Walk softly and carry a big stick.

I found this for what it’s worth

www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

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Indians aren't smart enough to become a "world power"

Most common Indian name is John and Bob and Mary

Neither did we preWW2