Shopping at Target at 3 in the morning is not a sign of a ‘capitalistic’ society. It’s the act of extreme bargain hunting fueled by economic uncertainty. Nothing to do with capitalism (which if the government got out of the way would right itself faster than any other kind of market). They did this kind of behavior in eastern bloc countries, all but for different reasons (scarcity) but it was still anxiety and uncertainty that drove it.
I didn’t know they did this type of thing in Eastern Block countries. So they would open up 24 hours and put things on sale and people would run to the stores and buy things? That is interesting. I wonder if they had any success? Well actually I guess not since they were destroyed economically.
And beating each other senseless for sale items is just about the furthest thing I can imagine from a sign of “recovery”. It’s a clear symptom of the early stages of societal breakdown.