Judge: Indeed. Who set them? It was all rubbish.
Prosecutor: Second, why should any separate nation have the right to exist? We now understand we are all one planet, one nation if you will.
Judge: I appreciate you bringing that up. It's been decades since anyone with half a brain believed we could carve up planet Earth into separate sovereign countries. With one planet, under one leadership, there can be no more wars.
Prosecutor: And third, the fiction called America was designed to maximize individual freedom and the individual's control over his own life. This is an unworkable and heinous concept. It led to massive inequalities. Now, every citizen is equal and contributes to the whole.
Judge: Of course. I work for you, you work for me, and we work for everyone. "Everyone all together" -- that is our framework. Worldwide production of goods and services, and their allotted consumption, are regulated from Brussels. No one stands out.
Prosecutor: Our global leaders in Brussels are unidentified. No names or pictures are released. The cult of personality is finished.
Judge: After all, if you are using the awesome power of artificial intelligence to regulate the actions of seven billion people, why do you need to become known and famous? You're doing basic organization. You're a manager, a technologist.
Prosecutor: This thing called America had a document called the Constitution. Jurists constantly referred to it. Over time, it became an annoyance and a major impediment to progress. How can you pay legal homage to centuries-old concepts when conditions are constantly changing and improving? The human mind itself is evolving.
Judge: Putting the Constitution in mothballs was a major victory for us.
Prosecutor: America eventually reached a point where many "special needs groups" made their demands known. That was a signal more extensive government services were required. Why even call the country America? We were a social-justice construct, part of a global phenomenon.
Judge: In order to fulfill needs properly, the great corporations and government had to close ranks and merge. There was no other way. Thank goodness, it was the end of the free market and capitalism and all that clap-trap. Small businesses went the way of the dodo bird. Every person now has a job, and that job is performed under the aegis of the government-corporate nexus, as a civil employee, in service to EVERYONE.
Prosecutor: Sir, I petition this court to officially declare America defunct.
Judge: Motion granted.
Prosecutor: I further request that, since we have progressed far beyond the point of thinking of ourselves as a separate nation, there is no need to mark this occasion with a ceremony. It would be counter-productive. The former capital, Washington DC, is already shorn of its monuments and is basically a National Security Agency data-storage facility. Let us merely notify Brussels that a verdict has been rendered. They will enter it in their computers and that will be the end of it.
Judge: I agree. It is so ordered. Thank you for your service.
Prosecutor: This is my last case. I've just received a notice that I'm being assigned as a first-tier manager at the new Utah public works complex.
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