There is no hope for them. All one can do is wait for them to die off and hope for a better crop next time. You could tell them the truth until your tongue bled and they would not believe it. You can lay out the facts so simple a grasshopper would understand and they won’t accept them. And the bad part of it is, she has plenty of company.
Yes, indeed, sometimes it seems like she has a country full of company.
But it helps me to keep focus on the fact that there were 6 jurors and one alternate who are not company to people such as this.
So that is at least something good.