[goldenkey]

It's serendipitous that the 2nd item on the front page is: "Evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks"

And the coronavirus is pretty much a case of "Evidence of massive-scale biological contagion through capitalistic networks"

Capitalism is a greedy process, and the governments pretty much took what they could until they couldn't ignore it any more. I know that people need to work to eat, and capitalistic losses also mean losses of lives. But at the same time, I feel like the U.S and other countries were playing fast and loose while China was getting ganked by the virus. We should have showed more solidarity instead of acting like we are invincible. And now the retribution is hell to pay as the virus ravages large cities like NYC.

[dekken_]

People are greedy. Capitalism is not alive.

[goldenkey]

It's as alive as any institution, nothing special. We live in a culture of capitalism. All institutions are people driven. That won't change their perpetuation or phenomena though, only new ways of thinking and revised institutions can. So why do you point out this distinction -- to say people are greedy, the system isn't? I'm sorry but the system is alive... It _IS_ people.