This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Blogging, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.BloggingWikipedia:WikiProject BloggingTemplate:WikiProject BloggingBlogging
This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Anti-war, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the anti-war movement on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Anti-warWikipedia:WikiProject Anti-warTemplate:WikiProject Anti-warAnti-war
This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Internet culture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of internet culture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Internet cultureWikipedia:WikiProject Internet cultureTemplate:WikiProject Internet cultureInternet culture
Should we use the acronym "SS" to describe this, since it means a death camp for everyone who doesn't have, or can't use, a computer?
How harsh. For the sake of debate, I suppose: Really, what indeed ARE the political opportunities, as it stands even in a democratic society, of one incapable of using a computer? They're quite accessible, these days, far more so than, say, the Senate. (Or if you meant more literally; if "popular opinion" causes that, we're in trouble already). Zake 04:06, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
The Wikilink to James Moore is just confusing, as this James Moore is not mentioned on the disambig page. --Oop 14:55, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
Fixed the wikilink so it goes to James F. Moore, but it's not been created yet. -- Randy 20:31, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The top comment is complete nonsense - how is "world public opinion" related in any way to use of a computer? 10 million people in the streets equals a death camp? Hardly - those 10 million were trying to *stop* the death camp - talk about inversion...
Also, what's with the term "technocratic peace movement"? I think the term Global Justice Movement is much more appropriate. By way of compromise, the James Moore article uses the more neutral phrase "global social movement" which, Orlowski's comments notwithstanding, illustrates the broad intersection between the original NYT story and the Moore piece.
I've changed the lead paragraph to more closely indicate the actual use of the term, in all of the linked articles, as describing a (possible) counterbalance to "war and empire". Also deleted a bunch of unsubstantiated comments about somebody's google search and the "fact" that suddenly everybody decided they liked the war (wtf???)
Removed link to Jonathan Rauch article as this is now behind a subscription-only firewall and cannot be accessed.
Sorry but what is the Second Superpower? A Civil Society (?) - If you follow the link to [Civil society] then that's "the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations..." (catchy). In the next line it's a "world force" (like Team America? :) - the NYT article seems to fave a far better definition than the one in the first line - "World Public Opinion". How about "The second superpower collectively refers to the large number of individuals from different nations who disagree with the actions of the first superpower, the United States Of America". Great article, very interesting. There should definitely be a link to Civil Society - but remember - this might be the first time anyone has ever heard the term --Dilaudid15:57, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I agree the current phrasing isn't great, but it's also not right to define it in opposition to the U.S. There's no reason why "world public opinion" or "global civil society" is necessarily composed of people who disagree with the actions of the U.S. Kalkin17:50, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Whoever wrote this isn't a patrotic american or not american at all. Superpower refers to United States of America or the defunct USSR, or the futuristic China. World public opinion just is complaining, because they can't a.) afford capitalism b.) afford a B2 Spirit or USS Nitiz sized aircraft carrier or c.) think super power is rubbish because it's a republic version of the word "Empire" as in Roman Empire. There is no such thing as ":American Empire [Except if you include Ghost in the Shell anime] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Renegadeviking (talk • contribs) 06:10, 28 May 2007
You're right, un-American activity everywhere: 1,110,000 hits on Google for "American Empire", and consider these:
William Oscar Blanchard, The American Empire: A Study of the Outlying Territories of the United States, ISBN0836923197.
You're a joke. You just hyped this past the solar system. We're the 3rd largest country with the 3rd largest population. The first two highest population countries can't support their people as well as we can. We're a superpower & are waiting for China to become on too. This article is bullshit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Renegadeviking (talk • contribs) 10:45, 20 June 2007
If the largest Anti-War protest in history failed miserably in what sense is it a "power"? Just because it consists of a lot of people doesn't make it powerful (evidently) Maxim K (talk) 20:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have just modified one external link on Second Superpower. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).
If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.
.svg){kind=small}
