Another excellent discussion Phillip. I like really your definition of ideology. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/who-built-the-expressway-to-serfdom-are-economists-acutely-culpable-5b9b53063374. Notions of hegemony, moreover, are well and good, but the world (including the Chinese themselves) are not ready to become the next financial power. Not to mention that a nearly mortally wounded empire is a very dangerous creature. The problems I have both with the pace of change and the lack or a viable alternatives. Several brilliant folks, like Grace.Blakely, often ignore how much fascist forces use their own analyses against them. Half the US population, are chopping a the bit to go FULL FRONTAL.