Admittedly coming to our senses might be the wishful thinking, as opposed to sinking into some form of neofeudalism. Which seems to be what the powers that be have in mind.

Disaster capitalism coming home to roost, as all those piles of public debt are exchanged for whatever remains of the public commons. Easily enabled by the crop of flunkies with the nominal power to hand it over.

Getting very many other people to think outside the box doesn't seem like it's going viral anytime soon.