I have a suspicion the plan is for humans not to survive it.
“I have a suspicion the plan is for humans not to survive it.”
Exactly right. The Livestock have been blinded by their own ignorance and greed. It is designed to be a good Cutting Horse to cut out Stock from the herd to be culled.
I would posit that they do intend for SOME humans —they themselves— to survive it, so that they might rule over the ‘utopia’ they perversely envision.