@cstross What should "pass" is the idea of nation-states altogether. No more "Russia," "China," "USA," or any other self-proclaimed "country." They have always been nothing more than protection rackets, aimed at stealing people's lives, money, land, and freedom. We should move toward direct democracy aka anarchy, so that we directly make our own decisions and take action to solve problems without being forced to do it the way someone "higher up" tells us to do it. We already practice anarchy in much of our daily lives. We need to practice it on a larger scale, or we will keep fighting the same battles over and over again and nothing that needs to be dealt with will get dealt with.