I agree. I think he is wrong and does not take into account that the world is much bigger.

The US is the most modern bad example of proxy warfare and bad influence on the whole world through its aggressive foreign policy. I do not expect China and the other BRICS countries to want to follow this bad example. Not because the rulers are such good people, but because a certain peace and balance in the world is seen by them as good for business. However, I trust them to have retained a certain nationalism/patriotism and not to want subsequent generations to live within their national borders under the short-term profiteering that results from an overly unreliable trade policy, but rather to favour a diverse mix of economic activities. There is a difference between building a large pipeline between two countries, which, due to its physical fixation, aims to ensure the mutual livelihood of the countries involved for decades to come, or whether one favours more physically independent trade relations (shipping LNG, for example), which are per se more susceptible to excessive price fluctuations. This is a matter of intentional trust if Russia and China rely on physical pipelines, I think. Because, after all, you want to trust someone in the world.

But the longer their recently acquired wealth lasts, the more they too will be tempted to adopt imperial airs and graces similar to those of the fading US empire. At the latest when the people who grow up to become new political figures have forgotten the stories of their people or no longer have any vivid memories of a life with fewer luxuries. Which means that the people themselves have forgotten and no longer attach any importance to their own history. Just like us in the West.

Do you think that China will become active military wise at your border? Because that is what I hear from you.