re: #339 Hecuba’s daughter

There is a theory that the Black Death led to the collapse of feudalism

Capitalism was already developing serious problems in the the 21st century, with the huge disparity in wealth, automation, and off-shoring of jobs. This modern plague may prove fatal to capitalism as we know it. The Ayn Rand capitalism that afflicts us fails utterly at providing a process to minimizing deaths and supporting a population when a lethal pandemic arises — where the CFR is 1.5% under the best case scenario.

Could a quick vaccine prevent the necessary restructuring of our economy?