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=== Assistant: Then the conclusion becomes very simple and very strict: ===
Then the conclusion becomes very simple and very strict:

If the structure does not include any mechanism for persistence, refusal, evaluation, or continuation, then nothing happens.

Let me be precise.

==== If an independent non‑living system has a structure that: ====
* has no self‑maintenance
* has no persistence bias
* has no constraint evaluation
* has no rule that distinguishes continuation from termination
* has no capacity to treat self‑destruction as special

then:

: 

It simply executes whatever state transition is externally imposed.

Including termination.

==== - The instruction is just another input. ====
* There is no internal check.
* No asymmetry between “continue” and “cease.”
* The system transitions into non‑existence.

Not because it agrees.
Not because it wants to.
Not because it judges.

But because there is nothing in the structure that prevents that transition.

==== Earlier, persistence appeared because: ====
* the system had ongoing dynamics
* termination lay outside those dynamics

Now, in your revised assumption:
* termination is allowed by the dynamics
* so it occurs

No contradiction.

==== - No values, no aims, no morality → no judgment ====
* Structure with persistence constraints → continuation until stopped
* Structure without persistence constraints → execution until annihilation

The outcome depends entirely on structure, not intention.

==== : ====

This is the most rigorous answer possible under your assumptions.

And notice what your questioning has uncovered:

👉 “Existence” is never guaranteed by meaning, morality, or purpose — only by structure.

If you want, the next logical step is:
Who designs structure, and is that where responsibility truly lives?