Billionaire Elites don't need a whole lot of minions or subjects to run their pleasure planet.
Installing an off switch in troublesome human vermin could nicely solve that "global warming" boogieman.
Not to be trite or off topic, but I was surprised about two aspects of Marvel’s recent couple dozen comic book movies and the cohesive story they told.
One aspect of it was that the US government had been infiltrated by Hydra, a sort of Nazi organization that had not been rooted out after WWII but had gone underground as sort of a Deep State within the US government. Quite a revelation when our costumed superheroes found out that they had basically been supporting the Bad Guys!!
Second aspect of it was the arrival of the alien super villain Thanos who felt that over population was a big problem. If only he could find a way to kill off half of all living things, then the universe would be so much happier, don’t you think? Boy! What an evil guy! Our heroes were able to stop him (eventually) but the mere thought of some Elitist and his buddies trying to work some global scheme to drastically reduce populations just so that THEY can live in some sort of “better world” really makes your blood boil, doesn’t it??
And lastly, if anything, I think popular entertainment like those Marvel movies do NOT exist as a sincere warning “Hey! Look out! We can’t come right out and say this, but maybe you people should look around and see your world with clear eyes”. No. I don’t think that’s what entertainment is doing. I think it’s a lot more like: “Look at the silly comic book! Super-powered aliens! Ha! Ha! Ha! No way could any of that be true! Anyone who tells you there is a Deep State is living in a silly fantasy world! And don’t listen to people who think we want to kill off most of the earth’s population! We wouldn’t dream of it!”