I agree, mostly, and in the communist/socialist countries, they're doing some form of state-capitalism, and in the "capitalist" countries they're doing lots of socialism and have even managed to conflate property with landlordism (where the state owns the land and collects the rents), but there are still greater and lesser degrees of liberty vs. tyranny to get concerned over.

When they ignore the knowledge problem and engage in even more economic planning, things break a lot faster, and it's because we've taken for granted the crowd wisdom provided by markets and prices. If you ever get a chance, watch those four videos. When you see it, you'll be in awe of what the freer markets can do, and informed as to why central planning cannot pull it off.

For as long as the shutdown has already lasted, we're in for a world of hurt. They'll try and paper over it with paper money, perhaps even a universal basic, but it won't fix the devastation they caused. And what good will the money be when the shelves in the grocery stores are baron.

Do you think Amazon will be able to pick up all the slack and provide everything to everybody? It seems that's where they are trying to take things. A cashless currency, and no more box stores. Drone deliveries, tracking, and the monitoring of individuals worldwide.

People will become so dependent upon the free money, that they'll clamor to get the new vaccine every year, just so their free money doesn't get turned off. But by that time, they'll also be working full-time jobs because of the buying power of their free monthly stipend will have become almost laughable.