[alea_iacta_est]

> That's not how anything works.

That's how everything works, it's called a precedent.

[giaour]

In this case, the precedent would be *vaccine mandates*, not government-mandated kale with every meal.

You're conflating mandates for which there are precedents with completely novel and exotic government actions.

[alea_iacta_est]

Exotic like what, lockdowns for example? How crazy of me...

[batty]

That's not even how a precedent works.

[alea_iacta_est]

Oxford definition: "an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances."