Yes they are. Just because they wrote a cute paper, doesn't make it happen. That doesn't mean they get to put the NAU in charge either. Sorry that these things scare you so.
Quack Quack Waddle Waddle...
Look out, there's a Free Mason under your bed. Or is it a Rockefeller.
The fear you would like to project onto others is irrelevant. The desires and intentions if the folks who wrote the cited paper are what they are. I’d like to think that the extent to which those desires are realized depends upon the will of the governed.
>>Look out, there’s a Free Mason under your bed.
The Free Mason’s are harmless. Most of the founding fathers were masons. I believe the fear associated with them is rooted in people’s ignorance of them.
>>Or is it a Rockefeller.
Ah now, I was wondering what that foul oder was. I assumed a rat had died under the floorboards. Same thing, I suppose - Rockefeller / Rat, it’s so hard to tell the difference.