Bravo TG808 !

The Allegory of the Cave is an allegory for our time.  Locals, wherever they reside, are ethnocentric, xenophobic and insular.  

In Hawaii the problem is compounded by a vocal minority claiming victimhood and the right granted by "Gods" to force a return to the 19th century. 

The elites pander to the fantasy, unwilling to confront its adherents. 

I weep for the future...