Which nation does a typical citizen of Earth have most reason to fear?

[closeupready]

Poll question: Which nation does a typical citizen of Earth have most reason to fear?

[leftstreet]

1. DON'T VOTE NEW ZEALAND! IT'S A TRAP!!!!!

[scheming daemons]

2. From 2001-2008, United States. But not now.

...

[atreides1]

5. Let's wait and see

It's still too early to tell if the US isn't a country to be feared.

[closeupready]

7. Good answer. Putting a smiley face on war doesn't make it less deadly.

n/t

[DainBramaged]

3. The Greenskin Nation, which has fought the Dwarfs for centuries.

[dmallind]

4. There is no consistent answer, and choices given are ludicrous

Ask anyone in South Korea this question for example. Or East Timor.

There is no country - not even us - that is a threat to the entire globe or even most of it. There are greater regional threats and lesser ones (N Korea and Iran for example), and there are ideological threats that have scattered but not equally broadcast threatening influence (China, the US etc).

Probably the biggest individual threat is Iran, given that it resides in a powder keg region and is implacably opposed to another nation in the same region. That does not mean Iran is any threat worth noticing to Sweden, or even the US per se, just that it's more likely than other countries to precipitate a wide-ranging conflict.

[Reterr]

37. Exactly...a citizen of India would probably pick Pakistan

A Tibetan would pick China and so on. If this is about making the universal answer the U.S., that is just wrong and very US centric thinking.

It'll depend on the region.

[One_Life_To_Give]

6. The one they live in

Relatively few people around the globe need fear foreign aggression nearly as much as the destructive potential of their own governments.

[dmallind]

8. Probably the best pithy answser possible. Well done. NT

[Towlie]

20. If you look up "pithy" in the dictionary it turns out to be much more complimentary than it sounds.

(There's no listing for "answser" though.)

[dmallind]

24. I meant it that way. And "answser" is defined as "word frequently used by lousy typists". NT

[Occam Bandage]

9. Given that a plurality of Earth residents are Chinese, China is the appropriate answer. nt

[closeupready]

12. But since they are poor, they don't count as much. Let's count them as 2/3rd of a Westerner,

shall we? :sarcasm:

[LanternWaste]

27. One man with a rifle is more of a threat than 100 men with spears

One man with a rifle is more of a threat than 100 men with spears.

If that is indeed true, it would appear one must objectively look at the armed forced of the top nation-states, in collusion with that nation's population, propensity to engage in armed conflict, that nation's moral, that nation's level stewardship with what they have etc.

Seems to me there's more than mere population when the term "threat" is used. That in fact, population is merely one of many factors that should be taken into account.

[Occam Bandage]

36. My argument isn't that China's manpower is dangerous.

It is, rather, that the enormous number of people who are at the mercy of the Chinese government's whims is greater than that subject to any other government.

[sui generis]

10. Any country that doesn't recognize common human rights

So that would be damn nearly all of them.

I'm voting for New Zealand, where the men are hairy and the sheep are bald.

What's up with that?

[NeedleCast]

11. Wouldn't it be based on where you live?

I bet someone in South Korea would have a different opinion than someone in Iraq. Good poll for general US hate though...I'm sure we'll win this push poll.

[closeupready]

16. It's ironic to me that

when the US loses one of these polls, people are being 'irrational'. When a different country comes out bad, there are some 'excellent reasons' why the results came out as they did.

[NeedleCast]

30. i'm glad you got the result you wanted

[WeDidIt]

13. Pakistan

Unstable with a nuclear arsenal is a recipe for global disaster.

[get the red out]

14. Saudi Arabia

nasty pieces of total shit.

[Deja Q]

15. YOU FORGOT POLAND!!!!!!!!!!!111111!!!12

:hide:

[closeupready]

18. Dammit, you're right!

:rofl:

[doctor jazz]

17. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick

:silly:

[One_Life_To_Give]

21. Just because you lost the race to the moon

is no reason to gt pissy with the Grand Dutchy. Besides if you don't behave they might just use the Q Bomb on us.

[Common Sense Party]

19. I don't trust the Canadians.

After all, they gave us Rush.

[rucky]

22. Texas.

[Traveling_Home]

23. A citizen always has the most to fear from their OWN Govt! nt

[Vidar]

25. US by a long shot.

[L0oniX]

26. Kicky

[rug]

28. Liechtenstein has always been shifty.

[Regret My New Name]

29. Canada...

You can't trust anyone/thing that appears to be that cute and fluffy.

[Pavulon]

31. Red Sox nation?

nation of islam? That sounds scary..

[mudesi]

32. Canada? LOL

[Sebastian Doyle]

35. Hey, Canada's been responsible for some fucked up things....

Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Poutine, Platinum Blonde, Loverboy, Glass Tiger, etc.

[closeupready]

33. Interesting that not a single person fears Russia.

n/t

[MilesColtrane]

34. "typical citizen of Earth"

I don't know what that person would look like.

Do you have some info on that?