Yes, long-term cull
First, in the 1970s, oligarchs blamed civil-rights renewal & incr popn of black & brown ppl on democracy.
They set out to destroy it: AUR 64, 1, 2022, 65-9
https://issuu.com/nteu/docs/aur_64_01
(scroll to p 65)
Now #covid & climate are new culling methods. The mantra of tech fascists such as Thiel is:
"Even if billions perish in the coming climate catastrophe... we shouldn’t be too concerned"
Guess they'd like us out of their way