01 br Complexity and Totalitarianism br - Politicus Magnus br br Complex Adaptive Systems Theory: Wikipedia: br ... br br "Frontiers of Complexity...": br ... br br "The Origins of Order..." br -... br br Wissner-Gross Criterion for a Minimal Intelligent System: br br br -Discussing the relationship between system complexity and totalitarian societies. br br Reducing the number of agents and their choices, by concentrating decision-making into a smaller number of larger agents results in inevitable totalitarianism. br br Capitalist democracies in a many-nation-state global order approach or exceed the Wissner-Gross Criterion for a Minimal Intelligent System; while centralization destroys this Emergent dynamic and leads to totalitarianism and failure. br br Only social systems which Maximize Future Entropy by increasing Complex Adaptability will compete and survive in a peaceful global order.