[jboot]

I've been thinking along similar lines for some time now. As a result of several factors-slow economic growth, wage pressure from the developing world, techsourcing, etc.-a condition has developed where there are more people needing an income than can be supported by the available employment. Even with record numbers of people leaving the work force due to age there is no relief from the problem, because these people still require an income. This is a serious problem that is only going to get worse.

I think the "inside" game of the progs is this:

1. Immediately put all the "extra" people into government jobs or government assistance programs. Fund the jobs and programs with borrowed money. This plan has been running since 1968 or so.

2. Since you can't do this forever (even progs realize this) you need to do something to reduce the size of the group. The elderly conveniently die, but the young have a nasty habit of producing more useless eaters. The solution: public encouragement of homosexuality, free birth control and abortion on demand.

3. Unfortunately, the sick and the elderly do not die quickly enough when in the care of modern medicine. Since the public did not have the stomach for euthanasia when that was floated under Clinton, the next best thing is Obamacare. The rationing of health care will hasten the deaths of many more useless eaters.

4. Theoretically after enough people are aborted or die early the population should reach a tipping point where the shrinking economy can support the survivors. Until that time, the measures described above remain in place. Anyone who opposes them is targeted for destruction. The prog hatred of Christians can be traced right back to points #2 and #3 above.

I could go on, but to me it makes sense. Environmentalism also fits into the picture, if you keep building it out.

[Travis McGee]

It is usually reset with a huge die-off during conditions of total chaos, bloody revolution, famine etc.

This also gets the former elites who were largely to blame off the hook.

If they survive.

[The Working Man]

Yes, that’s following along in the direction I’ve been seeing.

However it either takes a certain level of ruthlessness, something a socio/psychopath wouldn’t have much trouble coming up with I believe. If I recall most CEO’s and upper management often fall into those categories and Politicians are more often Sociopaths with Narcissistic tendencies to boot.

In any case once they are convinced that such a scenario is a workable one then following it to it’s logical conclusion would be easy for the.

The problem for any sort of plan like this is that reality often steps in; as in “No plan survives contact with the Enemy”.

[driftdiver]

Don’t forget drugs to placate the masses and kill a few off as well.