[jordanb]

Except fireworks "code Chinese"

I kinda forsee drone shows getting so extravagant that they make fireworks shows seem quaint: "why don't the fireworks make any pictures?"

Then the drone shows get oversaturated because they can easily be put on day after day without expending any munitions. Then they start to be seen as a nuisance and get regulated.

[some_random]

I don't know where you're from, but in the US the primary code for fireworks is overtly patriotic as they are primarily associated with Independence Day celebrations on the 4th of July.

[cypherpunks01]

Yes, perhaps in other places they are associated with China, but Americans generally don't know that fireworks were invented in China, and probably not super aware that all cheap consumer fireworks are manufactured there too.

[conception]

“And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air”

Fireworks are about as American as you get.