如果美国想统治世界，那它会怎么做？ [美国媒体]

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If America wanted to take over the world how would it come around doing it?

如果美国想统治世界，那它会怎么做？


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Orlando Barrios works at Miskatonic University
Answered 16h ago
::If America wanted to take over the world how would it come around doing it?::

如果美国想统治世界，那它会怎么做？

It would just have to put official (but discrete) effort in Hollywood the music industry and fast food chains; while sponsoring English-language schools everywhere.

官方逐步发展好莱坞音乐工业和快餐连锁，同时到处援助用英语教学的学校。

The cultural dominance of the US would be accelerated and sooner than later the entire world’s cultural mélange would be thoroughly Americanized. One world one American-cored culture.

美国的文化统治地位将加速建立，迟早整个世界文化会变成完全美国化的大杂烩。同一个世界，同一个美国内核的文化。

We form a nice round circle
I'll show you the right direction
to Africa goes Santa Claus
and near Paris stands Mickey Mouse.

我们站好排成圆圈，
正确方向我来指点，
圣诞老人去了非洲，
米老鼠在巴黎旁边。

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Gwydion Madawc Williams As a Briton I recognise them as a successful offshoot of Britishness.
Answered 14h ago
It has been trying since 1991. And failing.

美国自1991年起就开始尝试这么做了，现在正在失败中。

The main idea was to knock over any state not obedient to the USA starting with the weaker cases. The intention was probably Iraq Iran North Korea and then China. But they got stuck in Iraq.

其主导思想是从较弱的国家开始，逐一消灭那些不听话的国家，顺序可能是从伊拉克开始，后来是伊朗，朝鲜然后是中国。但是他们深陷在伊拉克这个泥潭中。

Remarkably it never occurred to them that removing a repressive secular regime in Iraq would lead to an upsurge in everything that Saddam had been repressing. Or that most of it was even more hostile to the West. (See Reflections on the Start of the Iraq War and Starting the Iraq War (2003).)

值得注意的是，他们从来没有意识到将伊拉克世俗政权推翻将导致那些之前被伊拉克政府镇压的势力急剧崛起。或者说他们没有意识到这些势力其实更加敌视西方。（参考伊拉克战争开始和伊拉克战争的反思（2003））

There was also a belief that they could subvert everyone else’s culture using the internet which until recently they had ultimate control over. Not a smart idea. See The Web Is Always Insecure.

还有一种他们直到最近才控制住就是他们可以利用互联网颠覆其他人的文化的说法。这并不是一个好主意，发现网络总是不安全。

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Stephen Whitehead former Professor of Gender Studies and Writer
Answered 22h ago
It tried and failed.

它试过但是失败了。

The American global apex was probably the period from 1945 to 1975. Just 30 years. It began with the defeat of Fascist Germany Italy and Japan after which the USA was undoubtedly the strongest country on earth in every way. The next three decades saw the JFK period moon landings the beginnings of globalisation technological innovation successes in both hot and cold wars against communism and the rise of American global soft power; e.g. pop music Hollywood fastfood language.

美国位于世界第一大概是在1945-1975年期间，只有30年时间，始于法西斯德国和日本的战败，在那之后，美国在各个方面都是毫无争议的世界最强国家。接下来30年里，见证了肯尼迪时期的登月，全球化的开端，技术革新，以及冷热交替的对抗共产主义斗争还有美国提升的全球软实力，如：流行音乐，好莱坞，快餐文化以及语言。

To be sure from 1975 the USA still had triumphs to shout about (the collapse of Soviet communism being the most notable) but increasingly it was having to react to events rather than control them.

可以肯定的是， 从1975年之后，美国依然有胜利可以炫耀（苏联共产主义的解体是最显着的），但是渐渐的美国只能作出被动的回应而不是控制。

The humiliation of the Vietnam War is something that America is still coming to terms with. Which is why I place 1975 as the point at which any ambitions the USA might have harboured for global supremacy died.

美国人仍然接受越南战争是耻辱的，这就是我为什么说1975之后美国的世界霸权野心灭亡。

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Cody Carpenter lives in The United States of America
Answered Mon

Cody Carpenter 住在美国。
周一回复

By borrowing a bunch of money then refusing to pay it back.

借一堆钱，然后拒绝偿还。

They would tank the world’s economy and while everyone was scrambling they’d swoop in with all those crazy high tech weapons they’ve been researching with all our supposedly missing taxdollars.

他们将摧毁全世界的经济，当人们还在手忙脚乱的时候，他们就可以拿起用我们失踪的税金研发的高科技武器趁虚而入。

In the end I think the US would be happy with just the North Pole and maybe Antartica which would be the bargain that keeps us from nuclear holocaust.

最后，当世界只剩北极和南极还有可能让我们从核毁灭中幸存的时候，我觉得美国要乐死了。

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Josh Hill lived in The United States of America
Answered Mon
In an era of nuclear weapons there really is no way as a nuclear war would pretty much destroy civilization.

在核武纪元，美国是不可能统治世界的，因为核战争将摧毁人类文明。

If there were no nuclear weapons there would probably be no way either since the rest of the world has the skills wealth population and resources to overpower the United States. Probably the best strategy in such a situation is to divide and conquer — take advantage of animosities between nations and the fact that nations are reluctant to unify and fight until and unless they’re personally threatened.

而如果没有核武器的话，美国可能也无法统治世界，因为其他国家有足够的技巧财富人口和资源来推翻美国。在这种情况下，最好的策略就是分而治之。利用国与国之间的仇恨以及国家间只有在自己受到威胁的情况下才团结战斗的事实。

Hitler benefited from this in World War II — Britain and France were reluctant to take on Hitler when it could easily have been done then the USSR bowed out and signed the non-aggression pact while the US sat on the sidelines until the war came to it. Combined and resolute from the start these nations could have dealt with Germany at a much lower cost. Hitler got as far as he did only because they were reluctant to join the fight.

希特勒就得益于此，当希特勒还很容易对付的时候，英法不愿对付希特勒，后来苏联退出并与德国签订互不侵犯条约，同时期的美国是个在旁边的吃瓜群众，直到战争波及到他。从一开始，只要这些国家决心联合起来就可以以低得多的代价解决德国。希特勒尽他能力走到最远，只是因为这些国家不愿团结作战。