First published as “How To Go On” in Socialism & Democracy no. 83 (July 2020): The article is divided into On Life and Liberty vs. Capitalism, The Capitalocene Economy of Life (focus on USA and its poor majority), The Political Economy of Vaccines, Upper-class Encroachments on Civil Liberties, and proposals for alternatives

Keywords: covid pandemy, political epistemology, epistemology,. capitalism, capitalocene, US emarginated poor, vaccines, surveillance, First published as “How To Go On” in Socialism & Democracy no. 83 (July 2020).