Only at the precipice [moment of destruction] will people find the will to change, that famous line from The Day the Earth Stood Still:
Professor Barnhardt : Well that's where we are. You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right. But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer.
I chew on this all the time. What will be our precipice? Financial collapse, literally people seeing their assets gone? A terror attack(s) on US soil, having to defend our homes, worse yet invasion by foreign state? A real alien presence disclosed? True history revealed? Thoughts?
Jesus appearing won't work. People will just think it's a trick. And true history won't have any meaning. People are so conditioned to their narratives they won't accept it.
A terror attack I doubt would wake people up. Instead, they would go cowering to the government for protection, giving up even more of their liberties in the process for safety. Unless you let the government completely fall and millions to die, and then many would probably just surrender and accept their fate as slaves and refugees. A few would become vigilantes and warlords. This is a dystopian future which wouldn't end well.
I think those are the only possibilities. People have to believe they have lost everything in the current model, but that they still have choices. That is when they will actively start looking to the future rather than protecting what little they have left.
It's going to have to be pretty bad to shake America out of its stupor. It's not going to be pleasant for any of us. As Q says. Pain. It's not just for the pedophiles.
I agree on financial collapse, my first thought I put down. Impending nuclear war would definitely wake up a lot of people considering the city population density. Attacks on infrastructure taking down power. No power and you’re screwed in a city in a very short amount of time. Time to move to the country…