When Russia collapsed and broke into several states many historians marked it as the end of history, communism had seen to be a failure leaving capitalism to gloat. However 20 years on its is the capitalist west that finds itself on the back foot, and are hoping that the far east will buy up European guilts to stabilise the economies. Yes China could potential own Europe – it’s like Risk but without the dice rolling. The Greed of capitalism will always be its downfall, and in times of recession it begins to turn on itself, like the cowardly dog it is.
Perhaps the west simply need a little red book!