Pretty sure that would only effect the locals now since the confab is done. Butt, our ‘betters’ were likely deciding which crafts and trades would be needed in the remaining 500 million earthly residents that will allow them to continue living in the style they’ve become accustomed to. Now that the elimination serum is being administered to a LOT of folks. (This post may be determined to be ‘misinformation’)
I should have used the past tense.