... was comprehensively demolished by fellow columnists; and, with a shrug of the shoulders, let the subject drop.
The consensus was overwhelming, and intimidating. It "made its reality', and those that commented on it were seen at not players but, at best, harmless bystanders or, at worst, enemies to be crushed. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
That's not the way the world really works anymore,"