What a comprehensive, thoughtful, and concise walk through history here. It's indeed a powerful question to reflect on the new counterculture movement that wants to emerge here.

It does seem like major deceptions and corruptions are becoming more visible to more and more people each day. When people realize they need to abandon the current system that's destroying humanity, people will be looking for what to put their trust and right action in.

I was going to spend intense brain energy trying to come up with an answer, but I'll try something new and hold the question. Thanks for the wonderful invitation to think outside the box with this post :)