What you don't grasp is we and NATO countries are now the equivalent of the old Soviet Union and the ones on the verge of an economic meltdown because of our massive debt.
Japan spends 25% of their budget on interest.
Despite the debt, we’re still borrowing at 4.5% with no reasonable successor to the dollar even in existence.
The future is spending freezes, tax hikes and inflation.
It is not unusual for despotic tyrants to raid the treasury on their way out the door.
Doomsday models are hardly if ever correct. They are purposely designed to evoke an emotive response often devoid of reality. Latching one’s hopes to a doomsday prophecy is not going to work out.
There are a lot of differences vs the Soviet Union.
One is that the old Soviets were burdened with enormous military spending. That’s definitely not the current Euro-American problem.