It seems we are in the final scene of a three act play. Act 1 August 1914 through June 1945. The destruction of the post Enlightenment old world order and the collapse of the European civilization at its very pinnacle of wealth, culture and influence.

Act 2 1945 to 1991. The bi-polar great power cold war between the U.S. and the USSR for global hegemony counterbalanced by nuclear mutually assured destruction.

Act 3 1991 to February 28 2026. The unipolar moment, the American Century post USSR collapse in 1992. And now we find ourselves right back to the mindset of the European elites of August 1914, and the same significant likelihood of the systemic collapse which resulted from it.

Your complexity theory framework clearly articulates all of the emergent and non-linear node failures, the current situation is unveiling. The inherent rot, which a hyper financialized fiat monetary system causes, is due to the lack of distinction between bits, molecules and atoms, and the debt based requirements for infinite growth against a finite physical substrate.

I look forward to more of your very insightful analysis.