Economical Communication Like That of the Blood for the Human Heart

It is scary to think that the French philosopher Claude Henri de Saint Simon "...used the analogy of the living organism, proposing that the development of a system of communication routes (roads, canals and railways) and a credit system (banks) was vital for an industrializing society and that the circulation of money, for example, was equivalent to that of blood for the human heart" (Approaches to theorizing international communication). Unfortunately I feel that analogy still applies. Without communication and money, our economy would not be able to function. The basis of our entire life is based on money and communication. I have never thought of it being compared to something as vital as the human heart. But think about it, if money ran out and people lost their means of communication, how would they function. It would definitely change the way people did things, and would take time before adapting to the change. It is scary to think that our way of life is centered and based on something so vital. It seems wrong to me that relationships and family are not something that is considered to be so vital, but instead money and communication routes.