00:01Once you ruled a world, then a system.
00:06Now your borders cross hundreds of light years,
00:09and the children of your first colonies are asking what, exactly, they are to you.
00:16The colonial charter served you. It will not serve them.
00:22Choose what comes next.
00:25Recognize them as equals, and govern by consensus.
00:29Or watch them leave.
00:31Or bring them to heal, and rule by a single hand, all for the glory of the homeworld.
00:37Or admit what's already true, and let the market decide who governs whom.
00:44Or stop pretending leaders know best, and let the optimum govern itself.
00:49Every civilization that lasts has to answer this question.
00:55What's yours?
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