recently someone here said/wrote 'We don't have enough villages for the idiots we are producing.'

Going back to the original shortage - I don't know where I read/heard this - toilet paper apparently run out in some city, well before covid arrived, but the idea led to supermarket stampedes all over the world. Google doesn't confirm or deny it, snopes has nothing either, but there are zillions of articles about the world world shortages, & the toilet paper industries.

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage