Ok, I read your "if" sirs.
Sorry, no guarantees in life. Make a deal, don't make a deal. Find a way, don't find a way. Live with the consequences either way. The same applies to the other side. Step up to the plate, or don't. Live with the consequences either way.
Frankly, both sides may be overwhelmed by the world around them, and it will be on both that they didn't do what needed to be done. That's the way it goes. Ignore, don't fix, one problem, suddenly a second problem grows out of it, then a third, and so on.
BSB