No-one will remember the longest US Govt. shutdown, ever? The one that dethroned the previous record, which was set during checks notes oh, right, Trump's previous go at stuffing his pockets with tax dollars.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. When people start going hungry, people start getting angry. Anthropology has demonstrated this more times than almost anything else. If this keeps up, something "interesting" will happen, as the old curse goes.