“By 2000, we finalized a new plan. The population would be reduced by 6-7 billion people in a relatively short amount of time. To do this, We had to stage many events and processes to make the reduction palatable to the public as well as distract from our desired goals.
“Our studies found that only starvation can reduce the population within the necessary time frame. It also gives us the deniability we need. Reducing the food supply would lead to wars and disease that would supplement the population reduction. By coordinating wars and disease dispersal, with a reduction in the food supply, we can enhance the decline. Climate change and resource depletion give us a nice cover story, Although, climate change would lead depopulation on it’s own eventually. The longer we wait to depopulate the more severe the consequences become. We have to depopulate before the damage becomes irreversible, which it would, if the collapse were allowed to happen naturally. Our orchestrated collapse also mimics the collapse of other civilizations, so people who study these things will see it as a natural collapse due to human failures.
“Our studies had shown that if the general public were to gain knowledge of the situation, they would likely turn on us, and any hope of managing the population decline would be lost. Leading again to irreversible damage to the environment.”
“So, you have a timeline?”, I asked.
“Based on the pollution limits, population growth numbers, and extinction rates, we figured on a time shortly after 2025 as the turning point for capitalist consumerism. After this, we will begin reducing the food supply. By then, automation will be in place to pick up the decline in human labor, and it will be easy to blame global warming, water shortages, and drought for the collapse in population. If all goes well, we’ll see two thirds of the human population starve in the first ten years. At which point the pollution levels will begin dropping, and the strain on our resources will release.
“In the decade after, the human population will continue to decline with the end of capitalism. We will use the resulting wars to target those individuals and nations that will resist our plans and superiority over any remaining mortal human populations. We will close down most of the remaining coastal cities and consolidate the survivors in a few smart cities.”
“Many of the earth’s extracted resources will run out in the years leading up to the starvation. The quality of life for the remaining humans will continue to decline until they revert to hunting and gathering, or live in our remaining cities, where they can be managed properly.”
“We expect it will take about thirty years for things to settle down before we can reclaim our position. However we’re prepared to wait for many thousands of years, if necessary. We have other places to live in underground shelters with fresh water and food production, if the environment becomes too hostile.”
“Afterward, the natural environment will be restored. Our robots will replant the forests and nature will maintain them. Food production for us will be largely automated. Any raiding parties on our farms will be eliminated. The earth will return to a sustainable balance, and we will take our rightful place.
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