I thought general usage in the US made Republican a noun and an adjective while Democrat was a noun and Democratic was the associated adjective?

Make it all senior government personnel (SES or higher, including things the Prez and Cabinet people). Blind trust that's really, really out of their control, or divest. Or, to be extra careful, allow them to muck about within retirement vehicles like IRA and 401K as they're really quite small compared to what's sloshing about today in DC.

Military too, field grade or higher. Also contractors filling any similar-grade positions. And all procurement officers/staff.

But Europe can build out A/C. Can the US remove guns?

No. Whose rule is that? Betteridge?

Going to be a whole lot of yanks paying way more in shipping charges going forward. Either that or wondering what happened to all those crafters and collectors.

More than they wish to. Less than they need to. Labour is taxed more than most things, and I can see the argument vs. Entrepreneurs but I have problems with people just living on dividends.

However the system is set up, it profits from consumerism. Therefore, care should be taken to have lots of people with the ability to consume.

I was thinking of various technical reasons, but realized it wasn’t technical. Software is buggy because there little penalty for being buggy. First-mover advantage and all that - get it out and patch if necessary.

Incorrect title: ".... in the US" missing. No guarantee, maybe no possibility that such restrictions will be in non-US countries. Perhaps we'll just a whole lot of foreign trips, or (somehow) smuggling nasal or physical vaccines.

Fortunately, COVID doesn't seem as bad now, but if the MMR and other childhood vaccines, flu shots, shingles shots, ... End up with similar restrictions, people might not want that aspect of the 50's and 60's to return. Sterility, deafness, ... lots of possible effects from childhood diseases if they reappear en masse.

Perhaps it's time to fork the united states and see how each half goes. One half will have food. One half will have money. There's probably enough guns and enough disorder to keep things messy. Very messy.

I guess we can take Irish solution and employ work-to-rule, passive resistance and the like. Prevent the cash from leaving the state, prevent the Guard from mobilizing or leaving the state. Rely on ejecting non-whites and women from the services doing a number on effectiveness.

Who gets to invoke Nato? The nukes are in red states I think, will they nuke themselves? Is there enough of an edge to teeter on to get people to wake up and turn on other branches of government? The Civil War was bloody. The French Revolution was bloody, perhaps the lack-of-bloodthirstiness will help people say "ah, f*ck it" and let things part?

Never, ever thought this sh*t possible. And so quickly... Puts China in a very odd position, trying to determine which result is optimal for China. Strong, well-armed rogue states aren't good for business.