Well, you seem to think that being on the brink of nuclear war is "in control," so I won't waste more time on alleging the opposite. Just ponder what you are thinking. Just remember that all forms of control cease at the margins of control. (I worked in weapon systems.) Airplanes go out of control too often, but total control is an impossibility. Nothing is more precarious of "control" than human affairs. If you keep things away from the real "brink," then maybe you can pull it off. How "real" is that brink, then?
And, by the way, as for forks in the road---the evidence so far is that the majority will pick the wrong side. How does that get us safe from the precipice?
I want to understand where you are coming from. Can you outline a bit more as to what you expect this precipice with no form of control, that is the impending civil war, looks like? Who will be the sides in this civil war (I cannot imagine a purple haired trans taking up arms, unless its in Ukraine) ? Do you imagine actual battle grounds with both sides showing up? Or something more abstract? Paint me a picture.
Nothing very complex or organized. Just violent mobs out for predation, vandalism, or looting, with the occasional gratuitous murder. It would be a "civil" war by virtue of the fact the populace would be fighting between elements within itself. Not every civil war involves everyone.
But the evidence is that it would take something worse than even that description to make everyone "wake up." Maybe something akin to the Indian wars prevalent in pre-1800 Kentucky and Tennessee, where you resorted to arms or would be killed.
I have no developed theory about this and only put it forward as a condition that might indeed seem like a precipice to most all people, not just the choir. It could probably be quelled in short order by government action, but not without some terrifying preludes.
Have you ever been to an actual precipice? I have been to an outlook over the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. Lean over the balustrade and you can see straight down for 1800 feet. One look and you are satisfied for the rest of your life and step back at least 3 feet. Or the crest of Niagara Falls, on a foot trail to the dividing island, where one false step could sweep you over the falls...and there were no guardrails. Those are real precipices where one could get REAL close, and even commit suicide. Doesn't much happen, even though people seem thrilled by the proximity. A stumble or a slip could change the equation drastically, however. And the concept of "control" is limited to either prevention, or rapid reaction.
Here's the thing: Yes, it is possible to appreciate political and social events as being an impending "precipice" on an intellectual level---but most people are not intellectuals. Half are not even above 100 I.Q. The only thing that will sink into those people will be real-life consequences and tangible manifestations. I'm just speaking as a realist.
So what you are saying sounds pretty much like 2020 BLM riots. Lets assume it was put on overdrive. Maybe 10 times more rioting than BLM.
First problem - it is barely a precipice. Like you said, a precipice needs to feel like you are going to die (and being someone who was obsessed with heights when I was young, I have seen more than my share of precipice) and this would just get everyone angry, but nothing like near death.
Second problem - No way a BLM rioting will be organized as long as Trump is not optically in Office. The precipice is something the enemy has to take us to - to ensure the people understand just how serious they were about killing/enslaving us all. So unless it comes from their side, it does not serve for Great Awakening.
When I say a percipice that is completely under the control of the White Hats, dont imagine a precipice with guard railes and everyone gets to look over and say "Wow, so deep".
No, the precipice I am talking about is like one from an Indiana Jones. You are thrown off the edge. You are falling. You are in mid air. You are saying your prayers (yeah even the atheists lol). Then just before you hit the ground, as if by a miracle, a netting appears below you, and you are saved.
Financial precipice - you lost your money. You are literally starving for a few weeks. You see people going berserk around you.
Netting - The new multi polar financial system comes to rescue, just before most people would have starved to death.
Nuke in the air - I envision a fake story of a nuke from Russia. Maybe even a fake story of a city destroyed. The whole city is cordoned off, no communications, no internet, no phones, no overflights, no way for anyone to confirm if its real. A real nuke is launched in retaliation. Russia sets all their nukes on highest alert, and launches them.
Netting - Trump comes out as wartime CIC, and uses his "nuclear codes" to disarm our nuke. Russia disarms all their nukes. The destroyed city will be exposed as perfectly fine.
I know you dont care for the Financial Precipice - its not so much a precipice as an inevitability, and we can ignore it.
But tell me, do you think the scenario of Nuke in the air sounds like a near death experience? Does it sound like jumping off the cliff without knowing there is a netting. And that netting - the miraculous netting - comes from the most hated man by half the country, the one they were trying to put away for 1000 years.
I cannot imagine any other precipice as perfect as this for Great Awakening.
Scenario 2 is impossible. We do not provide the ability to disarm after launch for exactly the reason you want to exploit: vulnerability to electronic warfare. (The earliest ICBMs had radio command guidance, but that was replaced in the next generation by inertial guidance.) The nuclear codes are to authorize launch, not abort missions. Once missiles are launched, they are for keeps. They have no radio receivers. You really need to grip more reality when you want to postulate scenarios. (It may be possible to abort a bombing mission, but that hinges on command-and-control protocols. I wouldn't count on it.)
And what, pray tell, is the safety net for Covid-19 vaccinations? A lot of people are going to die a slow, unpleasant, ill-recognized death with no evident possibility of cure or remission.
You can believe (or imagine) a perfect precipice with no casualties. I prefer to expect a real one, with real casualties.
Well, you seem to think that being on the brink of nuclear war is "in control," so I won't waste more time on alleging the opposite. Just ponder what you are thinking. Just remember that all forms of control cease at the margins of control. (I worked in weapon systems.) Airplanes go out of control too often, but total control is an impossibility. Nothing is more precarious of "control" than human affairs. If you keep things away from the real "brink," then maybe you can pull it off. How "real" is that brink, then?
And, by the way, as for forks in the road---the evidence so far is that the majority will pick the wrong side. How does that get us safe from the precipice?
I want to understand where you are coming from. Can you outline a bit more as to what you expect this precipice with no form of control, that is the impending civil war, looks like? Who will be the sides in this civil war (I cannot imagine a purple haired trans taking up arms, unless its in Ukraine) ? Do you imagine actual battle grounds with both sides showing up? Or something more abstract? Paint me a picture.
Nothing very complex or organized. Just violent mobs out for predation, vandalism, or looting, with the occasional gratuitous murder. It would be a "civil" war by virtue of the fact the populace would be fighting between elements within itself. Not every civil war involves everyone.
But the evidence is that it would take something worse than even that description to make everyone "wake up." Maybe something akin to the Indian wars prevalent in pre-1800 Kentucky and Tennessee, where you resorted to arms or would be killed.
I have no developed theory about this and only put it forward as a condition that might indeed seem like a precipice to most all people, not just the choir. It could probably be quelled in short order by government action, but not without some terrifying preludes.
Have you ever been to an actual precipice? I have been to an outlook over the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. Lean over the balustrade and you can see straight down for 1800 feet. One look and you are satisfied for the rest of your life and step back at least 3 feet. Or the crest of Niagara Falls, on a foot trail to the dividing island, where one false step could sweep you over the falls...and there were no guardrails. Those are real precipices where one could get REAL close, and even commit suicide. Doesn't much happen, even though people seem thrilled by the proximity. A stumble or a slip could change the equation drastically, however. And the concept of "control" is limited to either prevention, or rapid reaction.
Here's the thing: Yes, it is possible to appreciate political and social events as being an impending "precipice" on an intellectual level---but most people are not intellectuals. Half are not even above 100 I.Q. The only thing that will sink into those people will be real-life consequences and tangible manifestations. I'm just speaking as a realist.
So what you are saying sounds pretty much like 2020 BLM riots. Lets assume it was put on overdrive. Maybe 10 times more rioting than BLM.
First problem - it is barely a precipice. Like you said, a precipice needs to feel like you are going to die (and being someone who was obsessed with heights when I was young, I have seen more than my share of precipice) and this would just get everyone angry, but nothing like near death.
Second problem - No way a BLM rioting will be organized as long as Trump is not optically in Office. The precipice is something the enemy has to take us to - to ensure the people understand just how serious they were about killing/enslaving us all. So unless it comes from their side, it does not serve for Great Awakening.
When I say a percipice that is completely under the control of the White Hats, dont imagine a precipice with guard railes and everyone gets to look over and say "Wow, so deep".
No, the precipice I am talking about is like one from an Indiana Jones. You are thrown off the edge. You are falling. You are in mid air. You are saying your prayers (yeah even the atheists lol). Then just before you hit the ground, as if by a miracle, a netting appears below you, and you are saved.
Netting - The new multi polar financial system comes to rescue, just before most people would have starved to death.
Netting - Trump comes out as wartime CIC, and uses his "nuclear codes" to disarm our nuke. Russia disarms all their nukes. The destroyed city will be exposed as perfectly fine.
I know you dont care for the Financial Precipice - its not so much a precipice as an inevitability, and we can ignore it.
But tell me, do you think the scenario of Nuke in the air sounds like a near death experience? Does it sound like jumping off the cliff without knowing there is a netting. And that netting - the miraculous netting - comes from the most hated man by half the country, the one they were trying to put away for 1000 years.
I cannot imagine any other precipice as perfect as this for Great Awakening.
Scenario 2 is impossible. We do not provide the ability to disarm after launch for exactly the reason you want to exploit: vulnerability to electronic warfare. (The earliest ICBMs had radio command guidance, but that was replaced in the next generation by inertial guidance.) The nuclear codes are to authorize launch, not abort missions. Once missiles are launched, they are for keeps. They have no radio receivers. You really need to grip more reality when you want to postulate scenarios. (It may be possible to abort a bombing mission, but that hinges on command-and-control protocols. I wouldn't count on it.)
And what, pray tell, is the safety net for Covid-19 vaccinations? A lot of people are going to die a slow, unpleasant, ill-recognized death with no evident possibility of cure or remission.
You can believe (or imagine) a perfect precipice with no casualties. I prefer to expect a real one, with real casualties.