A Purely Model-Theoretic Analysis of Structural Collapse: Application of the Field-Theory Cultivation Framework
Abstract This paper presents a dimensionless, field-theory-inspired coherence model for analysing regime stability. Structural collapse is defined strictly as the irreversible crossing of a self-consistency threshold, formalised by the governing equation C = E + F + L − ( S + X ) C = E + F + L − ( S + X ) . The identical model is applied, without prediction or normative judgement, to the late-Soviet Union (1985–1991) and to contemporary China. The analysis isolates structural mechanisms through controlled counterfactual comparison. 1. Definition of the Collapse Field The collapse field is reached when structural self-consistency declines below the minimum level required to sustain simultaneous fiscal solvency, coercive capacity, baseline societal compliance, and external control: C ( t ) < C crit C ( t ) < C crit Normalised balance-sheet formulation: C ( t ) = E ( t ) + F ( t ) + L ( t ) − ( S ( t ) + X ( t ) ) C ( t ) = E ( t ) + F ( t ) + L ( t ) − ( S ( t ) + X ( t ) ) with ...