a finite number of options. I'm looking at history.
The US has already move drastically from a representative republic and voluntary union of sovereign states to a democratic/fascist federation with concentrated power and wealth which is elected based on what it will grant to the subjects.
Moving more or less rapidly to the end game is all that's at stake.
Not very dramatic at all when you've been tracking it for most of your life.
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nope, not dramatic at all.