For a more fundamental understanding of our physical reality I strongly suggest you read all the posts at https://dothemath.ucsd.edu

In your logic he is just another "white highly privileged western male" who's views therefore of the world automatically must be disqualified, discarded and ignored without dialogue.

You are of course free to do so. Wave away too the fundamentals of cooperation and wallop in self pity and victimhood. But do so at your own peril. As it's more than obvious where the thermo dynamic reality will hit hard first.

And no it won't be Putin dropping any atomic bom or starting WOIII. He doesn't need to. Russia lives well within her land carrying capacity and has abundant resources for her future development. He has already won the war - the destruction of trust in the Western banking system. And China is far too smart to let the US engage her and, unlike Africa, South and Central Amercia, has followed a brilliant population and education policy that has erradicated poverty and hunger. Might want to learn from her about the power of collective effort:)

I'll leave it at that.