"...The wake up will happen when (not if) the power goes out and stays out, the cities explode, and sheer survival is at stake..."
Interesting that you mentioned power supply as a factor.
By the time things were escalating in Ferguson, Missouri last year, it was already getting into autumn and then wintertime.
A hot upcoming summer, continued racial tensions spearheaded by President Obama, and coupled with a bad electrical outage could be nightmarish for many innocents. The example you have illustrated would be troubling and very problematic. Good post.