“I told you it would be an end to democracy,” said Jim.
“No, you said there would be a civil war,” Annabel corrected him. “Anyway, you always said that democracy did not work and the public couldn’t be trusted to vote for their representatives.”
“Yes, but my idea was to have a central committee of individuals chosen by an algorithm like jury service, not central committee of friends and relatives of the party leaders appointed through nepotism and cronyism.”
“You know your problem? You want your cake and eat it.”
“It’s not even a cake.”
“You want the moon on a stick, you do.”
“I don’t want the moon on a stick. I don’t even want a stick. I just want people to stop trying to f**k each other over for once.”
“People have always f****d each other over, since the dawn of time, and they al
