In the primary debates for the 2016 election, every single Republican candidate was a climate change denier, with one exception, John Kasich - the "rational moderate" - who said it may be happening but we shouldn't do anything about it. For a long time, the media have downplayed the issue.
The premonition of madness is complicated by the fear of lucidity in madness, the fear of the moments of return and reunion. . . one would welcome chaos if one were not afraid of lights in it.