That's a terrible thought in itself. However, still totally plausible with the current unfolding of events. Especially, with today's leadership in many countries. Abolish statism and all that comes with it.
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It is terrible. Unfortunately, based on what I see and read, I think there are evil "elites" with power that want exactly that.
One example: Jane Goodall's comments at the World Economic Forum in January 2020
“We cannot hide away from human population growth, because it underlies so many of the other problems. All these things we talk about wouldn’t be a problem if the world was the size of the population that there was 500 years ago.”