> I am sure Russia has its own problems but the idea that Washington/London is the eternal capital of a world empire and that China and India and the Gulf Arabs

> I am sure Russia has its own problems but the idea that Washington/London is the eternal capital of a world empire and that China and India and the Gulf Arabs and the former European colonies in Africa will just roll over to go against their own interests to support the almighty paper dollar seems ridiculous to me. Oh, of course not. The future is probably Chinese and African (largely Nigerian). Maybe Indian. Only way the back half of this century isn't the beginning of another long stretch of Chinese dominance is if they totally fuck it up.