Canary in the coal mine?, page-114

"I don’t believe any of us think that we can just ignore change and continue on like it’s 1999?"

Up until recently that was exactly the position of your 'us'.

But, the fires have changed all that and so the 'us' position has now become a rear guard action to maintain a last skerrick of relevance in the debate. But still amounting to the same 'do nothing' conclusion.

In your example, did the gold tooth salesman holiday in Hawaii?