The "Very Serious People" are not going to save you, they're in on the game. You have hit the "smash and grab" stage of our society and it could not be any clearer that the watchmen have all been bought off.
So you're going to have to decide whether or not you want to die for these people, or fight back. And I'm sorry to say, they have no intention of going quietly. Maybe, we build so much power they realize the fight is useless. But this will not be an orderly changing of the guard.