[marktwain]

“Now, fast forward to the early 21st century when we just don’t need the vast majority of the population,” he concluded, “because because the future is about developing more and more sophisticated technology, like artificial intelligence [and] bioengineering, Most people don’t contribute anything to that, except perhaps for their data, and whatever people are still doing which is useful, these technologies increasingly will make redundant and will make it possible to replace the people.”

For what purpose?

Most leftists used to posit policy decisions were made "for the common good", or "for the greatest good for the greatest number".

This educated fool is changing that to "the greatest good for the ruling class". Because, the ruling class will not need a large population for industrial power or to make war.

[caseinpoint]

Many years ago C.S. Lewis wrote a response to a man who claimed he could be a “good person” without being religious. C.S. Lewis conceded he, the atheist, might have some decent notions about what is “good” but pointed out that, in the long run, his mindset would make him diverge drastically from “religious values.” He wrote that if a person did not value mankind as a creation of God, eternal and invaluable in its own right, then the godless would inevitably seek to preserve the most permanent creation they could see, which was civilization and its monuments. Hence decisions would always favor preserving cities, machines, sciences over the value of human life. It is idolatry at its peak.