Toilet paper shortages had little to do with hoarding, and much to do with people spending more time at home, thin margins making supply chains hyper-optimized for a steady state of consumption, and the inability to switch commercial supply to consumer. https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0

Maybe we shouldn't cheer such fragility on by comparing it to beautiful ballets?