Alexander J. Huamani argued that the twenty-first century should be blamed for the unequal distribution of power resources that saw the United States accounting for the world’s economic output. Its expenses on the military were almost half of what all other countries spend on this department. In addition, he claims that America had the most extensive cultural and educational resources that enabled the public to perceive its administration as robust, just, and fair (Black 2013). These claims are valid and America has never stopped over-investing in the acquisition of military equipment and making unnecessary attacks and trips to other countries. Today, America still has the highest number of air surveillance drones in the world, yet it continues to condemn other countries for making similar attempts (Cain 2013). There is a huge gap between America’s expenses on education, health and infrastructure, and military equipment. This explains why civil societies continue to hold demonstrations to demand that America should start concentrating on its internal affairs and stop interfering in the affairs of other countries.
This author argues that power is the ability to attain and advance the interests of an individual using all means that are considered ethical (Rivoli 2009). He argues that Spain, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom took advantage of their resources to exercise power and authority over other nations. He believes that the 21st century was marked by capitalism that enabled powerful nations to use technology and globalization to spread their ideologies to other nations (Bornstein 2007). He is right in arguing that people must know misleading metaphors of organic decline. This means that the size of an army is no longer important in determining the power of a nation because this has been replaced with the ability to persuade and convince others to follow their ideologies.
References
Black, J. (2013). War and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Bornstein, D. (2007). How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cain, S. (2013). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. New York: Broadway Books.
Rivoli, P. (2009). The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of the World Trade. New York: Wiley.