I hate to say it, but one of the biggest power moves the 'elite' will use is to drop the knowledge themselves. It would cause chaos, and part/all of the blame would go to GEOTUS.
We need some disclosures to awaken those, we need real change so that people do wake up. This slow play I feel is going to backfire unless bigger/bolder steps are made.
I question I have is how many times has populations been eliminated by nuclear bombs / starvation / death?
Could it be that we were 8 years from extinction like previous life forms on earth. Could it be that cave paintings are clues from previous mass extinctions?
I think so, hide in DUMB's kill everyone stash advanced equipment, torch earth replant seeds of life, restart a new game of life in secrecy.
In other words we are the sims, and the 'slaves' to the 'elite' towards end game, we die off and become real slaves and then they press the reset button.