A short story for our time

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In the classical world, the goddess Nemesis exacts retribution for Hubris (arrogance, ignorance and lack of humility). Poe's now suddenly topical story is about the same thing:

The Mask of the Red Death, by Edgar Allen Poe
https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death