Just the thought of it is soothing.

Yep. It's a monumental coordination problem. I don't know how you solve it. Not without a dollar crisis. But I'm open to all ideas:

Awesome observation. The masses are only reactive, too. Consider, instead, the scale of the catalyst. We are talking worse than COVID lockdowns. I'm thinking something along the lines of massive bail-ins or CBDCs evaporating two weeks or a month of people's wages as "punishment" for something like...

It will never happen. The masses are conditioned to obey.

Not a communist. BUT—the communists are right that you don't need "the masses" at all and a well coordinated minority will do the job. It's historically demonstrable (not just by communists).