Does issue here means a problem? and what it conference in firefighters' conference?
The speaker attented the World Economic Forum, so I guess he is doing some kind of compartion though I don't understand firefighters' conference
Almost no one raises the real issue of tax avoidance, right? and of the rich just not paying their fair share. I mean, it feels like I met a firefighters' conference, and no one's allowed to speak about water. this is not rocket science. I mean, we can talk for a very long time about all these stupid philanthropy schemes.
Does issue here means a problem? Yes. Something that requires a solution.
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Does issue here means a problem? Yes. Something that requires a solution.
a firefighters' conference at which no one is allowed to speak about water would be stupid and useless, because water is the #1 way to fight a fire.
The writer is saying that the World Economic Forum was like that, ie stupid and useless, He's making a little joke to illustrat