Scott Adams

And that decline is obviously taking place in most of the Western world.

It's actually rapidly taking place in the Eastern world.

China is a good example.

Japan is.

a really good example.

They reached a maximum and they dropped off quite rapidly.

So this is something we all have to start being mature about and dealing with.

And to try to depoliticize it, I get the political angle and we can say, Karen, I won't say that.

But I mean, the reason why this happens is humans need something to make them industrious.

They need to be able to have something to focus on.

And

giving some credit to the people in power, they know that.

They look at Universe 25 and they look at us unwashed masses, because we're the unwashed masses, we're the useless eaters, all of us here.

And they go, what are we gonna do with those people?

We don't need them anymore.

And yes, some of them are going to go to the Malthusian and depopulation sort of playbook.

And not that they ever left it,

It has always been a desire to control certain populations and to utilize them because that's what happens, like you said, Owen, when you get very wealthy, you get bored.

And so your chess game used to be, I got to feed my family.

Now it's like, I can buy and sell anything.