The other day in class, we talked about what nations were powerful, what powerful meant, what nations could become powerful and things like that...
So, that got me thinking. What makes a nation truly great? Economic power? The natural resources? Military prowess?
Yes, mayhaps that does help the nations achieve greatness. But I think we all forgot to mention the prime resource of any nation. The backbone of it all, the base upon which the nation was founded!
Its people.
Truly, the treasure of a nation if its people. If not for those workers who toil most of their lives, in whatever they do, be it farming or working in an office, teaching or taking care of a family... In the end, any nation could not be what it is without the work of the people!
So, all those people that think that some nations will never be outstanding in anyway... well, one thing I have learned, is that, when there is people... anything is possible!
So let's make sure we, as the true treasure of not only our countries, but of the world, make the best out of the time we have been given on this earth.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Power of Nations
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I completely agree. In fact, I think that the people is one of the most, if not the most important factors in what makes a country strong. That's what I think is Mexico's problem. Sure, it has many outstanding persons, but the mentality of most mexicans (in my opinion) makes the country what it is. Corruption, laziness, unpunctuality, unconcern for the environment and our country; these are some aspects, that are based on and depend on the people that causes the majority of our problems. Therefore, I think that to change our country we don't have to blame politicians or higher ranked people, but ourselves. Everyone. As only by changing our perspective and daily habits we can change how our country acts, and therefore, develops.
I couldn’t agree more with your post. People are definitely the most important reason why a country is what it is. After all, a nation does not revolve only around the government, it is not only about economics and politics all by themselves, but it is about people. We are the ones with the power of changing; we are even the ones that have created those systems according to which we are currently living. So in that case, I think that whenever we talk about the strongest points of a country, people are inevitably implicit in each one of them.
Talking about Mexico, we might see a weakness in the country’s basis and it might as well be the reason why we are not considered powerful or equally important as the United States or Germany. I constantly have the feeling that we, as Mexicans, are mentally predisposed to feeling underrated. We compare ourselves to the Americans, and we see ourselves below them, on a lower position in an imaginary ranking of importance. We accept there’s corruption (at least we can say we are not blind), but hypocrisy takes over us in every way possible. We do nothing to improve or diminish the problem, and instead most of Mexicans contribute, in “small” ways, by making deals with policemen, creating, though it may seem ridiculous, an unstoppable chain of corruption. We simply let corruption be and live.
The power to develop Mexico and turn it into a strong country resides on us. Just by looking around, we can see all the advantages available, right in front of us, which we have, but we do not efficiently use. As we saw in class, we have trade agreements that not even the US has. Mexico has the largest number of free trade agreements in the world! Our market could benefit more out of NAFTA, the agreements with the European Union, Central and South America.
Mexico is also considered as an emerging/developing country, along with China, India, South Africa, and Brazil and has received invitations to participate at the G8 meetings. Though our presence will obviously not surpass the magnitude of that one of the primary countries, Mexico can take advantages out of opportunities like this one, situate itself in the international panorama with more clarity, and begin to take actions and better decisions, while widening its perspective and dialoguing with other countries of the world.
If we considers todays situacion we can see power as the control in other countries, the way that one contry have to change the decition or influence alot in their desitions.
In class we also see that power can be divided in economic politic and social.
Economic refers to have many money you can produce and the way of life that your citizens have, for mee this is the most important want because now a days all is moved by money, you can get all you want with it and is the most powerfull weapon thet you can have
You are absolutely right. Without people a country has no militia; without people there will be no one to get the natural resources; and there will be no one to make food, weapons, ships, nothing. And the economy? well there is no one to work on factories, to trade, etc.
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