Yeah, the monoculture was not good, but the entire economy based on tourism is even worse.
They say the answer to your problem is your next problem. . . I can’t help but root for the Hawaiians. They’ll never get the haoles out of Oahu (because we could not give up Pearl Harbor nor let anybody else have it) but I think you could let them govern Molokai, Lanai, and Maui right now and it wouldn’t be unfair. Maybe Big Island too. Kauai I think is too enwrapped in national defense as well.
But what do I know. Very little.