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 Can I call Germany a superpower nation? 

I know the us and China are of course. I feel germany isn’t too far behind. 

It’s for a youtube thumbnail + title. And I mention it in the script 
 Not anymore 😂 
 was just about to write that 🤣 
 Superpower nation 😂 
 germany feels more like a super regulated nation without a plan 
 That's good. Don't want the German Nation making too many plans. 😂

The Energiewende has been bad enough. 
 Energiewende, health insurance, taxes …. 
 AND THE TRAINS ARE LATE! 😭 
 the trains are late in the best case, dirty or no shows 🤣 
 Israels bitch via usa. Dont know about superpower 
 Most fitting would be…

“Europe’s (economic) powerhouse/Powerhouse of Europe“.

It is not a Superpower Nation cause that implies military power, which there is not much of… 
 Someone thought it was a good idea to take  Germany's power away.
First Nuclear, because of tsunami risk.
Then:
https://image.nostr.build/31d3f152a86d02ff915c6cedcd32dd1337eec26f41e7016fb9a67075262592fc.jpg 
 True, shot themselves in the knee by cutting of the cheap energy which all of the industry was relying on. Thanks to some incompetent civil servants (politicians) once more. 
 I don’t think the Germans consider themselves anywhere near super or powerful at this point. 
 It tried to be.. then it regressed a few hundred steps back. 
 Hmmm. When it's revealed that the nation's chancellor's cell phone had been secretly tapped by a foreign intelligence, and the response is essentially "we don't like it, but what can we do?", I don't think that suggests 'superpower'. 
 maybe it was a superpower nation, but now they have soaring costs and not enough power🔌 
 Take the train, this will change your mind...  
 China can’t manage its own currency. We do that. They’re 300% debt:GDP. Don’t believe what you read. Dictators like Xi wake up worrying about how to stay in power. 
 Could do. They’ve done it twice before in the 20th century