FK – “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ – Arthur C. Clarke
I think instead of people buying more ammo, or maybe in addition to, if full ‘disclosure,’ i.e. the general public being forced to understand that A. Their mythologies aren’t true and B. These beings, what or whomever they really are, have been here all along and maybe crafted our society or at least tolerated it while all along being able to crush it at will, would be not only morally destabilizing but mentally and emotionally crushing for the average dumbass.
Look at what happened to the Indians(PC, native Americans) over time. They succumbed slowly to an overwhelming force which subsumed their culture and exposed it for its ridiculousness. Of course it was replaced by another ridiculous culture as human history goes. Our fate would likely be similar.
Yes, as always some will ‘deal’ with the new reality, many will not. Rome lost its republic after 80 years. It’s empire, ruled by a line of what we now call dictators, lasted a few hundred more. The Romans lost their republic because their men lost their resolve to keep it not because they started praying to the wrong gods.
Science for many has become the next religion. All that requires is a little blind faith in some process or another.
The truth will set you free but you may do a lot of crying and bleeding in the process, if you’re truly being honest with yourself.
“My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. ‘Something cannot emerge from nothing,’ he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable ‘the truth’ can be.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune
History shows that any asshat can claim ‘inspiration’ from god or whatever.