I can’t see China and India becoming wealthy. After the US and Europe collapse financially and become 2nd world nations, where are China and India going to get the consumers to make them rich?
This is the paradox.
China and India are soaring by supplying the consumerism of the USA and Europe. When those economies crash and the middle classes become either strapped or non-existent, there won’t be masses of US and European middle classes with disposable income to flood China and India with.
A falling tide beaches all boats.
When they’ve killed the geese that lay the golden eggs, then no more golden eggs will be forthcoming. The post-American world is going to be as poverty stricken as it is ruthless.
A Dark Age, when will come the next "Enlightenment" ?