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"This," she said, "is the button that causes the United State to dissolve into hundreds of sovereign city states with no overarching government except for a body that guarantees the free right to enter and exit any city-state, and assists in the process. You know, to foster competitive innovation."
"This button here?" I asked, as I lifted the plastic cover.
She left from her chair and pushed it away, "Don't touch it! Do you have any idea what a bad idea that would be?"
I scowled, "How do you even know it works?"
"It's an untested prototype but the theory is sound. I spent four decades designing it and simulating it. It works."
"If you're not going to use it, why have it?"
"It's comforting to know I have a choice," she said, "It makes me like the current system better, flaws and all."
"This button here?" I asked, as I lifted the plastic cover.
She left from her chair and pushed it away, "Don't touch it! Do you have any idea what a bad idea that would be?"
I scowled, "How do you even know it works?"
"It's an untested prototype but the theory is sound. I spent four decades designing it and simulating it. It works."
"If you're not going to use it, why have it?"
"It's comforting to know I have a choice," she said, "It makes me like the current system better, flaws and all."
