He really is just plain ignorant. But I think part of his white knighting for this mom sounds like him projecting into the future and desperately hoping his children will look past his absolutely batshit irresponsible spending practices and hoarding disorder now and take care of him when he's old.
What he doesn't realize about parents not going to retirement homes in Asia...is because they don't exist (aside from Japan cuz I've seen Roujin Z). The countries lack social systems for old people who need care so it falls onto the children to take care of them, i.e. they still need to work so instead of someone with dementia being attended to by nurses they're stuck at home to wait until their kid comes back from work.
I get a lot of questions or statements from Chinese, like "Americans don't love their family as much as Chinese because blah blah blah" and all I can think of is, yeah if your government had Medicare and if you had the means to place your folks into a facility with American standards then you'd do the same.
I actually agree with HDRchamp on raising kids the Asian way. Keep them busy with extracurriculars, no time for play until everything is done and not half-assed, etc. It provides a good foundation when they're grown up and need to get shit done.
But it's a bit laughable he thinks one of his daughters is going to take care of him full time when he's pissing his britches in 40 years in a country where there are facilities to handle that. Not to mention will your daughter's husband agree to you living with them 24/7. This ain't the Philippines, homeboy.
Karma is about your actions now affecting your next life, not your current life. Some asian you are.
