4b- 9. Could a force like Alexander the Great exist today? Why or why not?

I do not think that a force like Alexander the Great could exist today. When he first took power, the people in his army were forced to follow him wherever he went, or there would be dire consequences. After a while, they see that he is a good leader and someone they would want to follow anyways, but before that was known, their only reason for following him was force. Today, if someone were to try and take control by force, there would be too much contact with outside forces for it to work. Say someone was trying to slowly take over the U.S. by military force. Someone would be bound to get online and start telling others about it. Media travels remarkably fast these days, so if a threat even seems a little possible in one area, an entire country and all of their allies can be lined up to stop that force in no time. Everything in today's age is so instant that it would be impossible to take over our entire known world, especially because we know about every piece of land on this Earth, making the known world the entire world. Alexander's force was great and powerful and definitely worked for his time, but it wouldn't be as successful in today's age. If worst comes to worst, and a great power seems just completely unstoppable, there is always the option of nuclear weapons to be sure to get rid of the threat, if necessary. However, this would have to be a last resort, because one nuclear launch would lead to another, and that could mean the demise of humanity.