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So the 2100 forecast becomes a conditional statement:
* Europe as a block - Pros (Bridge360 language): relatively lower Autocracy Index, distributed institutions, multi-level buffering (EU, nation-state, regional). This usually means lower fragility F, slower drift, better shock absorption. - Cons: high internal memetic conflict, aging demographics, and chronic under-investment can still push F above safe thresholds in segments. - Bridge360 view: Europe shaping the 2100 economy is plausible if it keeps its democratic noise inside the ε-band and doesn’t blow the entropy budget on internal populist swings.
* China / Politburo system - Bridge360 norms for a high-autocracy Politburo: - Strong short-term coherence (fast execution, aligned messaging). - But also strong entropy externalization (onto minorities, neighbors, financial periphery, planetary commons). - Over time, this pushes its Fragility Index F high: the system becomes exquisitely powerful and exquisitely brittle. - So “China shapes the world economy in 2100” is read as: > - Under Bridge360, that’s possible but not default. It requires either: - (a) Internal evolution toward more entropy-bounded pluralism (lower autocracy), or - (b) Successful continual export of instability to the rest of the planet without triggering blowback large enough to crack the core.