Disaster Communism is a concept used to describe how after disasters (ie earthquakes, bombing of cities, storms, tsunamis, disease outbreaks, fires, , average people become incredibly altruistic, cooperative and
Historical Examples
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
1945 Nuclear Bombings of Japan
1985 Mexico City Earthquake
2005 Hurricane Katrina
2012 Hurricane Sandy
Analysis
Disaster communism is frequently presented as a counter to the idea that people naturally greedy, competitive, violent and lack care for others.