The 3 days of darkness is a cleansing period. You are abolutely right. However, only those will awake after this period and vibrate in 5D, who were ready for it and far enough spiritually developed.

“Many will be shocked, if they will still live in a world of the polarity after their change (n.: ascension).” (Channeling; 04 07 16)
The first people that ascend will do it by rapture. Besides, these people will leave the earth. The second ascension wave occurs with the 3-day day and night darkness. (De facto, it is a comatose state - however, without cellular consciousness.) The majority of the people will not ascend so far. I.e. that the ascended ones will still live in the sphere of the 3-rd dimension, although their consciousness will already swing in the 5-th dimension. They will consciously realize that they are multidimensional beings. The Golden Age successively starts already with the first ascension wave, however, in principle this will not affect much change on the international situation. Only the subjective feeling of the ascended will be different. Logically, the contrasts will become even bigger by the different oscillation frequency of the people. To experience the world domination of the “New World Government” ("NWO") will be no picnic. It will last from 41 to 42 months (3 ½ years). The John´s Revelation mentions also this period.