> So how do you convince someone that has no incentive to believe you that this time you’re telling the truth?

Irrelevant, it's too late. We can only hope for enough economic turmoil, fast enough, that it triggers mass riots.

So then like I said, the sheep will be eaten. One then must hope they aren’t on the menu, and suddenly the “deafening silence” of various people makes a lot of sense. If the only answer is to wait until enough sheep are eaten for the village to finally get its act together, most people aren’t going to volunteer to be one of the sheep sacrificed.