Why don’t mask mandates work?

Because masking does not help stop the virus, imposing a mask mandate, is akin to forcing the people to be at risk of a potentially deadly virus. Thereby constituting an attack on the people. Who are the government’s reason of existence. So: the moment a mask mandate gets imposed, the government ceases to exist and the mandate never goes into effect. And does not even get the slightest semblance of a chance of bring able to proof to possibly work or not.