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Von's avatar

It should always be considered a possibility that the result of a policy was the goal of the policy.

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Christopher Cook's avatar

Oh yes. When faced with the question of whether stupidity or evil is behind a government action, my money is always on evil.

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David G Leeper's avatar

In support of the article, but from another angle, influenced by my experience in engineering --

One might think we need more academically brilliant straight-A students -- genius mathematicians and physicists for example. In college and grad school 50+ years ago, I was surrounded by those straight-A students -- folks we called "grinds". They were truly brilliant.

But most lacked something -- an imagination, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a joy of life. Some were professional students - their goal in life was not to create a great new product or service -- it was to get that next research grant with a generous stipend.

As one author put it (can't remember who), "Good thinkers are rare. Good doers are rarer. But the rarest of all is a great thinker-doer -- a person like an Elon Musk. Cutting our population robs us of those great thinker-doers!

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Christopher Cook's avatar

Yes, that's exactly it!

You comment makes me think…there are countries out there that have a lot of "grinds"—hardworking high-IQ people, but they are not known for innovating, but rather for copying the innovations of elsewhere. I wonder why that is…

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Jonathan Ramsay's avatar

Fewer people equals fewer competitors for resources. The plan is to depopulate, consolidate control and ownership of resources and enslave whoever survives.

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Christopher Cook's avatar

They may find those of us who remain not so easily cowed.

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Jonathan Ramsay's avatar

The flaw in their plan is they are only getting rid of the gullible and stupid people.

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Christopher Cook's avatar

I think they thought they we be able to handle the rest of us.

They thought wrong.

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Christopher Cook's avatar

To a significant degree, yes.

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