[QUOTELouis]Ninety percent of the world's population does not live in Western countries, and they have awoken.[/QUOTE]

Ninety is high by about 35%, non?

Quote Originally Posted by Wizard
...scenarios like KukriKhan's are about as likely as the sky falling on our heads
Yes, I was exploring whether it could happen, not that it shall. The sky does occasionally fall on our heads; that said: to quickly switch from western to eastern dominance in the world would require about a dozen factors going wrong for the West, whilst simultaneously those dozen factors all broke favorably for the East. Statistically unlikely... but not impossible.