For what it's worth, I had a friend 20 years ago who had served on the boards of various huge NGOs and foundations. He was also an elected public official (state executive branch). We were walking and talking one day about a range of things of mutual interest. He said to me that it was necessary in his view to cull 90% of the human population "so that the rest of us could then have more."
It was one of those moments where my jaw dropped and flapped and my vocal cords went all paralyzed. I was gob smacked, as we used to say in Philly.
When I finally found my voice I said to him, that's interesting, who gets to make the decision about who lives and dies.
Well, he said, WE do, since we're the smart ones on the side of what is true and correct.
I replied, "Oh, you're saying I get to be part of the team that makes that choice?"
Yes, he said.
I replied, "Well neat. I choose that you die, because you are 30 years older than me, and I want your stuff, also you have those medical problems we've been discussing that are costly."
He visibly blanched, then turned beet red. Never spoke to me again after that. I didn't care. It was an incredible wakeup call for me.
He is still in office. In his 80s. Democrat. In his mind, the New Order means that HE will get power while denying it to others. It told me all I needed to know about what his sort of politician thought and meant by certain codewords.
For what it's worth, I had a friend 20 years ago who had served on the boards of various huge NGOs and foundations. He was also an elected public official (state executive branch). We were walking and talking one day about a range of things of mutual interest. He said to me that it was necessary in his view to cull 90% of the human population "so that the rest of us could then have more."
It was one of those moments where my jaw dropped and flapped and my vocal cords went all paralyzed. I was gob smacked, as we used to say in Philly.
When I finally found my voice I said to him, that's interesting, who gets to make the decision about who lives and dies.
Well, he said, WE do, since we're the smart ones on the side of what is true and correct.
I replied, "Oh, you're saying I get to be part of the team that makes that choice?"
Yes, he said.
I replied, "Well neat. I choose that you die, because you are 30 years older than me, and I want your stuff, also you have those medical problems we've been discussing that are costly."
He visibly blanched, then turned beet red. Never spoke to me again after that. I didn't care. It was an incredible wakeup call for me.
He is still in office. In his 80s. Democrat. In his mind, the New Order means that HE will get power while denying it to others. It told me all I needed to know about what his sort of politician thought and meant by certain codewords.