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A billion flowers, really? Has that worked so well for India, or is it more like a billion weeds? A country still crippled by corruption? That hasn’t conquered poverty almost halfway through the twenty-first century? Has it worked so well for the Americans? Where ‘voting’ means two sides in near-permanent paralysis? Or for Europe, still trying to decide if it’s one country or thirty, or thirty countries each split...

“It’s so sad, watching the Americans destroy themselves, rioting over an election of all things. One step away from anarchy. They could learn a lot from us, putting wise, seasoned experts in charge.”

Why hadn’t they had fire trucks on the scene? Why had it taken so long to put out the flames? Why had the façade of one of the fucking Smithsonian buildings, of all places, been allowed to burn for so long? Greg Chase’s words kept coming back to her. Something he’d told the President. “The more rope we give the protesters, the better.”

“Like the idea of serving my country,” Feng said. “As a soldier?” Sam asked. Feng shrugged. “Not serving my government. Serving the people. Not the same thing.” Sam nodded at that. “Yeah. Not the same at all.”