Presidents, general secretary, drug lord and other influential persons
Not so long ago, Forbes published another rating of the most influential people in the world, and many in our country already know the “prize-winning three” of this rating: first place was given to US President Barack Obama, second to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Vladimir Putin ascended to the third step of the pedestal , beating people like Bill Gates (4 seat), Pope Benedict XVI (5 seat). Note that in this list, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has taken 61 a place ...
1. Barack Obama
U.S. President
Age: 51
Place of residence: USA
Marital status: married, two children
Barack Obama confidently won the US presidential election in 2012. For another 4 years, it will solve the serious problems of the most powerful economic and military power of the world, caused, among other things, by an acute budget crisis, high unemployment, and tensions in the Middle East.
2. Angela Merkel
German Chancellor
Age: 58 years
Location: Germany
Marital status: Married
The most influential woman of the year leads the country, which is the backbone of the European Union and bearing the responsibility for the fate of the euro. Merkel stands out with a tough approach to solving the debt crisis of the eurozone countries. Merkel has been in office since 2005 of the year, and ahead of her are the German general elections in 2013.
3. Vladimir Putin
Russian President
Place of residence: Russia
Age: 60 years
Marital status: Married
Re-elected in March 2012 for a new - this time 6-year - term, Vladimir Putin regained all the reins of power that he, by all accounts, did not let go of. In the last year's ranking book, Putin was in 2. And this year he turned 60 years, that in Russia - the retirement age. But does anyone dare to tell him about it? Putin was subjected to universal criticism in the world because of prison sentences to which a court in Russia sentenced members of the punk band Pussy Riot.
When such ratings are published, the question always arises: what information should be used as the basis for reflecting certain rating differences between people. The Forbes magazine answers this question in the following way: the main criterion for scoring rating points by a politician or a businessman is related to the influence of this person on the life of a certain number of people.
It would seem that such a point of rating points should have put either Hu Jintao in the first place (1 place in 2010), or Xi Jinping (the first has not yet transferred the whole range of powers to manage the country to the second), because these people influence at least 1,35 billion people in the world. But when considering the rating, it turns out that none of them approached the “prize-winning three” at a sufficiently close distance. Forbes of the two Chinese leaders endowed Xi Jinping with more influence, but put him in a modest 9 place. It turns out that Barack Obama, according to Forbes, has an impact on a much larger number of people than any of the Chinese leaders. Very controversial statement. It, in principle, can be explained only in one case: if the compilers of the Forbes rating confirm that the American president is under the heel of the European Union, some of the Persian Gulf states, all of North America, other regions, and, well, on trifles - Georgia and Kosovo, eg. If confirmed, then Obama is undoubtedly the most influential, who would doubt ...
9. Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Age: 59 years
Place of residence: China
Marital status: Married
The man, who apparently will have to lead China over the next decade, has just been elected CCP General Secretary. And in March 2013, he will take over as head of state, replacing Hu Jintao.
The next criterion for assessing the most influential people in the world is the financial resources they control. If so, then, again, it is completely incomprehensible that in the first place of this rating does Mr. Obama do? After all, this policy in the "asset" 16-trillionth financial hole. And who controls who here is a big question: whether Obama is a hole, or a hole of Obama. The second option seems more plausible. By the way, here you need to say that on the 6-place in the list of the most influential people of the world from Forbes, there is such a person as Ben Bernanke ... Apparently, the people conducting the assessment decided to close their eyes to the astronomical American debt with respect to the US President, and with respect to the head of the Fed. Like, the debt itself, and these gentlemen - by themselves. But for some reason, Forbes decided to take into account when determining the level of influence of these people such a point as the US GDP. Why? Indeed it is a mystery, because it is not entirely clear for what reasons the huge amount of the United States government debt is stubbornly ignored, but the GDP is taken into account. Why, if there is a great desire for at least three countries (China, India and Russia), it is enough to show the will and abandon the use of the dollar, as it would be possible to speak about Obama's influence with the form of political epitaphs.
Let's not forget that entrepreneurs were in the ranking of the most influential people in the world. Their Forbes evaluated by capitalization and profitability of their companies, as well as by the personal state of these gentlemen. But even here, the level of influence raises certain questions. For example, the influence of Bill Gates, who, according to Forbes, is greater than the influence of the same Chinese leaders in the world, can only say that Forbes uses computers exclusively based on the Windows operating system - nothing more. Well, if old Bill has such an effect on Forbes itself, this does not mean that he is much more influential in the world than, for example, the same Xi Jinping. Yes, it is enough for China to push a little, to release a certain Chinese OS Shmindows, and Bill Gates himself will pray for the corporation headed by him to keep afloat.
By the way, if you compare the current Forbess rating of world influence with last year’s publication, then Barack Obama remained in the first place in it - who would doubt, but Hu Jintao, third place behind Vladimir Putin, moved away from the “podium” as far as they could afford forbes specialists. Apparently, in their opinion, today, in China and in the world, nothing depends on the opinion of Hu Jintao (for a moment — still the Chairman of the People's Republic of China). Apparently, the staff of the rating agency in Forbes is not very familiar with the rules for changing the government in the Middle Kingdom ...
And in the world of Vladimir Putin, again, according to Forbes, has somewhat declined: in 2011 was on 2 place after Obama, now he missed Mrs. Merkel, the one who can only successfully influence poor Greeks, generously gifted with German loans. Has Frau Merkel really reached the silver position at the expense of her Greek debtors?
Another factor that was taken into account when compiling the rating was the factor of the possibility of using its power. And here Forbes gives free rein to their emotions, literally gushing forth with ideas about why Obama, for example, is more influential than Putin. Here is a quote from Forbes about Obama: "even 4 for years he will solve the serious problems of the most powerful economic and military power of the world." And what about Putin? Well, about the Russian president like this: “This year he turned 60 years old, which is the retirement age in Russia. But does anyone dare to tell him about it? Putin was subjected to universal criticism in the world because of prison sentences to which a court in Russia sentenced members of the punk band Pussy Riot. ”
Comparing these releases, we can say that Vladimir Putin’s Forbes specialists give third place solely because of the sentence (by the court, by the way) Pussy Riot, but Barack Obama is the first because he “will solve serious problems”. Notice: he didn’t decide, and 4 will still decide something ... It’s strange why Forbes doesn’t say in his release that Obama is influential, as the American court hired businessman Viktor Bout, who hadn’t been in the USA before ... This is influential - you will not say anything ... Only the “right people” to the American court will only shout, as he takes the hood and makes a guilty verdict based on the plot of a Hollywood action movie. Where can Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping be so influential ...
61. Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister of Russia
Age: 47 years
Place of residence: Russia
Marital status: married, one child
In the ranking of last year, Dmitry Medvedev took 59-place (a year before - 12-e). A young member of the ruling Russian tandem in 2012, Medvedev exchanged posts with Putin and returned to the not so noticeable post of prime minister. Among Medvedev's achievements in the past year: he made Mark Zuckerberg put on a suit for their 20-minute meeting in Moscow in October.
Well, and in order to finally be convinced, let's say, of the particularly realistic rating of the most influential people of Forbes, let us consider one of the reasons why Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia, turned out to be in the cherished hundred. Here is the relevant quote: "Among Medvedev's achievements in the past year: he made Mark Zuckerberg put on a suit for their 20-minute meeting in Moscow in October." Neither subtract nor add ... And if I hadn’t, I’m probably not seeing Dmitry Anatolyevich of the 61-place as my own ears ...
And if you consider that the Forbes rating is twenty places higher than Medvedev, the Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman is located, then, in order to raise his own rating, Dmitry Anatolyevich Forbes, apparently, indirectly offers something to trade ...
In preparing the material used information from the site http://www.forbes.ru
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