My impression is the new age community ( I mean the all encompassing, big category) needs to think less in terms of "war of the gods" and more in terms of "corporate takeover". stop getting mad in a way of pure ideology, but keep the basic anger that defends your interests. Stop letting a sense of defeat wash over you when "big event x" doesn't happen, but do be a bit "defeated" in terms of "event x that changes all things" - doesn't exist. Anomalous things are happening all the time but none of them are likely to just be "the one that breaks free of it all"
Instead: get a little greedy. I'll explain.
I'm not good with business but I see the business potential. And the difference between a movement that takes off and a movement that falters is whether a critical mass doesn't just bring passion, but brings a self-sustaining mechanism. Essentially: profit. Not necessarily in fiat dollars, but *something* and yes it ends up looking like houses and cars.
You need to mitigate for corruption in this scenario. you won't make everyone happy and you won't be able to follow all the rules. But if the general push is about disclosure then we need to just take what we can get. We are seeing windows where it's actually profitable to go against the mainstream narrative. The problem is it's often a lonely endeavor.
The good ETs are not coming like gods. They are coming with a checkbook and a caution. They are here walking around in human bodies. They are introducing the authentic counter-culture brand while their enemies are pushing knockoff counter-culture. Unfortunately: you just won't find the world of consumers "switch to the good side". What you'll more likely get is a split that is even enough that at least the strange will seep through *inside* the corruption.
What I'm saying is adopt a culture of disclosure capitalism. Not purism. I know it sucks to be Machiavelli. I'm confident that out there in the galaxy there are ethics committees that help regulate organizations toward values like liberty and justice.
... but we don't live there. We live here. And the solution from *on* the planet is probably more messy than we like to admit.
My hope is that after posting this I will read it and perhaps take my own advice, gather a more business hunger. This is the difference between spinning wheels in a ditch and taking the all-season tires down the muddy road.
Nothing will be clean. But the dirty we are aiming for is one of embracing the strange. Nobility is not currently achievable. But a specific kind of weird (the profitable kind) will get us roughly in that direction.