In China, they have what is called Plan-35. Basically, if you are under 35 you will have the access to the most choice jobs that you can get. After 35, they push you out if you can be replaced.
This sounds a lot like the same thing. Depopulate the planet of useless eaters.
Historically, pagans have never held a high view of humanity. Babies were offered up to the demon gods such as Moloch and the sick and elderly abandoned. Fast forward to the post-Christian Western new pagan movements--Marxist Communism, Hitlers Socialism, Progressive Liberalism, and now Global Transhumanism...and we see the same low view that when acted upon has led to the deaths of millions of men, women, and children during the 20th century and to millions of aborted human beings right here in America.
The 70s movie, "Logan's Run" had same theme...
This has been S.O.P. in Corporate America since at least the 80's.