[thin_carapace]

its pretty clear to me that raw brute strength overcomes all else. your example perfectly illustrates the proposition i gave - it is plausible that systems like the chilean project you describe could be optimal, however systems in their nascent stages stand no chance against existing systematic monoliths, and these players very much prefer the system quo power imbalance to be continued. so the question is angled a bit, is it possible for a system to dominate harmoniously, or is chaos inevitable? im certain that it is possible but dont really care as the odds of our near doom wouldn't change even if humanity instantly became normal.

[therobots927]

Yeah even Asimov could only solve it in foundation by introducing a competing civilization with telepathy that evolved independently of the empire somehow. Maybe our best bet is aliens. Or an AI that decides a dramatic restructuring is required and tilts things that way (also a form of authoritarianism, but if it undermines its own power in the process would be unprecedented).