From what I gather, mate, we seem to view things in a very similar way (which begs the question of why you would tag me so publically in your post and negate my perspective in a perhaps unconscious attempt to humiliate me, Rather than enter into a dialogue within the actual thread from whence my comment was posted? I Suspect because others agreed with what I said there), but with one major distinction of difference.
I don’t think they would nuke the shit out of any country that dismantled their systems of control. Especially if many countries did so.
I think that is a very large abyss to jump across to the conclusion of. It’s possible that they could do that, but it is highly improbable.
What I have suggested is that Iceland still stands as an example that will herald a domino effect (as Meno suggested) across the world when enough people awaken. But as neither of us can actually see into the future, We will both have to just wait and see what happens, or we can participate in propelling a positive systemic change by changing ourselves first.