So, to stay non-partisan about this, lets look at horrid things happening to BOTH sides... For the sake of discussion, lets say that Trump, Pence, Pelosi, 2/3 of Congress, and all 19 of the initial Dem Candidates all die of Corona Virus before September? All of the Governors die, and so do any Mayor of a city over 200K people. Oh, and add to the list, 7 of 9 SCOTUS Justices die too.... We could not achieve a Quorum in Congress. Marshall Law? Chaos? Without life long professional politicians, everything starts running smoothly? Everyone else is too busy trying to stay alive, no-one notices? -
I have wondered. Could you have martial law if all the old blokes who run the military are dead too? Committees would be the way to go I think. It would need a fair bit of thinking to carry out.
Active duty military can retire at 20 years, and many do. Military service is a younger man's game. Yes, allot of older military will also die... but there will be plenty between 40-50 years old.
Maybe we can really go back to a republic or split the union and have states be autonomous onto their own citizens again.
Do you think that things will be very different when the plague is over or that we’ll just go back to the way things were?
1-2 years. I think the use of cash will disappear and many office jos will go. People will be employed to work from home. What think you?
Well, the market will definitely be changed. Hopefully the home schooling business will be changed forever.
I don't think the use if cash will ever disappear completely. I do think a lot more people will be working from home though there will remain a lot if jobs you just can't do effectively from home. Even in the former case it will depend a lot on whether or not the current compulsory experiment is judged a success or failure.
Saw an interesting comment today In 20 years we will have a nation populated by folks who were homeschooled by "day drinkers"...
I've had this discussion, but focused on the election. What if Bernie and Joe contracted the virus and died. My money is on Andrew Cuomo stepping up. Certainly, he would be urged to do so by many.
In the OP, the conditions are that All of our older politicians are Dead, including Cuomo. As I stated, all Governors and large city mayor die from the Virus. Which given the current state of NYC, and the higher death-rate for the elderly, is quite possible. Especially in the crowded conditions of Large Cities. And politicians are people with less than normal ability to stay Isolated due to their duties being social contact oriented. -
Actually NOT. There's no indication that the mortality rate for older folks is even approaching 10%. But hey...you have comic book fear mongering to do so....
Just out of curiosity I looked up the order of succession. No. Office Incumbent Party 1 Vice President Mike Pence Republican 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi Democratic 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Chuck Grassley Republican 4 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Republican 5 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin Republican 6 Secretary of Defense Mark Esper Republican 7 Attorney General William Barr Republican 8 Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt Republican 9 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Republican 10 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Republican 11 Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia Republican 12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar Republican 13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson Republican 14 Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette Republican 15 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Republican 16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie Republican 17 Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf Republican
My imagination only allows me to go so far. But its a great discussion topic for those who are tiring of their immediate family's conversation!
I think innate intelligence has allot to do with being able to either avoid infection, or resist dying from it. So, I think she is doomed. -