The difference between a cohesive society and a "command economy" is not something Western capitalist states can understand; for them, individualism is morally necessary. That is why they fail to control Covid-19. As Dr Harris, from the WHO, observed, Taiwan is both cohesive *and* highly liberal -- and "Taiwan, for instance, probably has the best management" of Covid-19 anywhere, while Europe staggers through lockdowns and Trump just leaves USA folk to die. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/covid-lockdowns-are-cost-of-self-isolation-failures-says-who-expert