Waiting for a Dutch Armageddon

In the Netherlands:

• Health insurance is mandatory.
• Everyone has a national ID number
• You can possess and smoke marijuana
• The drinking age is 18, 16 for beer*
• Gasoline is about $9 per gallon
• Plastic and aluminum are not recycled in most areas (low consumption of soda!)
• The VAT (sales tax) is about 20 percent
• The postal service is privatized
• Pancakes are VERY thin

I've been looking for signs of chaos and destruction, but nothing so far. I'll keep you posted.

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* Cornelia was told that the Dutch will tolerate behavior if it's profitable, doesn't harm anyone and is done quietly -- close to what I wrote awhile ago.