Thanks To Capitalism, Grocery Shelves Keep Getting Restocked During Emergencies My comment -- Good thing that as President Trump says, "America will never be a socialist country." Link to an article on The Federalist:   Thanks to Capitalism, Grocery Shelves Keep Getting Restocked During Emergencies A partial quote from the article: "Lines under socialism are caused by shortages. Centrally planned economies can deny food to segments of their population, like Joseph Stalin did during collectivization to build up the industry in the cities at the expense of the countryside. Even in happier times, socialist societies are simply unable to respond to consumer demand. "When people line up for scarce necessities, revolutions happen. The Russian bourgeois revolution of February 1917 (not to be confused with the Bolshevik coup later that year) was started by women in breadlines who were unable to feed their families. Those lines are intense spaces. "The Wuhan virus quarantine lines feel mellow. To be sure, I read a news story about a guy in Florida grabbing toilet paper out of someone’s hands. For the most part, however, Americans, even if they get grabby, still respect the finders-keepers rule. And most don’t get grabby."