What is the perfect way to respond to an insult/confrontation?

[Diana]

 
I believe that the alternatives to the system will arrive after we collectively worked on ourselves enough. 

I agree. At this point it seems to me that the majority of people are swayed by the current system and hooked into the media. Such dichotomies in this world, one of which is the exponentially grown digital media: which has been both a tool to keep people asleep and a tool for truth (if you can find it in the morass); a tool for connectedness and a tool for separation.

The first one is the push for a true Free Market.  This one is very popular, especially in the west.  There is a lot of info out there on how this could solve many systemic problems.

I don't know anything about this idea. I read that it is a market with no government controls. The concept of government control is a subject unto itself, rife with corruption. But I wonder, would that then make it possible for a business to steal a trademark, perform cruel acts on people or animals, pollute the environment with toxins?

The second one is the push for Universal Basic Income.  This one is less popular because people have more difficulty imagining how it would work.  They try to see how it would be financed.  But there is actually no need to "finance" it.  Money is already virtual nowadays and a UBI could be put in place without having to "find" the money to support it.

This is the first big step in my opinion. Everyone should have basic needs met in a world where this is possible, and it is. Once people get used to not worrying about survival, I think creativity, compassion for others, seeking higher consciousness will all flourish.

Covid actually gives us a good opportunity to enable changes in this regard, we could hijack the system shock the Elites have created in order to bring about faster positive change instead of the changes they wanted to bring via this shock.

There is the concept of inertia involved here as well, which may work toward helping any good change to happen, just from the mere fact of there being change in motion, even if it's not related. The whole world has had to change and adjust to the situation at hand, and been forced out of a routine. So, in that respect, COVID-19 has initiated a more malleable mindset, not quite so entrenched in a way of life that the mind does not want to let go of—like a piece of clay that has softened and now can be shaped into something else. Whether this goes the way of the STS in control, or the way of STO at this juncture, remains to be seen. But one really good thing in my opinion is a small dismantling of the typical work environment, based on everyone being in the same place and observed all the time. More self-responsibility and accountability is required when one works at home, and this is a step ahead in consciousness.