[RightWhale]

sorry to take the words out of your mouth

No, I wasn't going to continue. We can see that will eventually be the case provided we haven't collapsed utterly and they can somehow keep their 'capitalism miracle' going.

[indthkr]

"....their 'capitalism miracle' going"

I certainly agree with your placement of capitalism in quotes as it refers to the Chinese.

"....provided we haven't collapsed utterly"

Hopefully, we won't get anywhere near that situation. One thing to be sure of: organizational decline will not occur gradually, over a long period of time. It's a highly non-linear process, further exacerbated by today's highly connected world.