[hotpotamus]

What I increasingly wonder, is what can the government reasonably legally require anyone to do anymore? Wearing a mask over your nose seems pretty simple to me. Increasingly the law just seems like a collective fiction that is evaporating.

[foldr]

It's a reasonable thing to require someone to do, but it's not a realistic thing to enforce. It's like, say, throwing trash in the trash can. It's not unreasonable to require people not to throw trash all over the street. But it is unrealistic to try to enforce that requirement by authoritarian means. At least, unrealistic in certain social contexts and given a certain level of tolerance for authority (I know there are countries where you will be more or less hanged for dropping a plastic bottle).

[hotpotamus]

Yes, I wonder if it has become more unrealistic to enforce requirements via authoritarian means in the US. Like for instance it seems that vagrancy and shoplifting are not exactly tolerated in more cities in the US now, but I suppose seen as simple background noise that one deals with living in a large city. I've found myself increasingly skeptical of the medical system and find it much simpler to simply order drugs and medical supplies on my own through one source or another. I'm not even sure if this is legal or not, but frankly I doubt any authority cares enough to bother with me. And they shouldn't have to.