Sorry for the long response, pithiness isn't a strong suit and I like to be as clear as possible.
There are many developments that really cause me to take a pause. On their own, or in and of themselves, it's thought-provoking developments. When you view them through the lens of this discussion, a sinister dynamic arises. I guess what I mean is, are we the Kulaks? Are we the Neanderthals? Are we on the chopping block? It seems western males especially are considered a threat. Does that ever go away, will they try to reduce us to irrelevance? Will it even be safe to have such conversations?
Take the whole transgender issue. I originally chalked this up to an evolution of cultural marxism, a way to break down everything from traditional marriage, to birth rates, to traditional roles of men and women, on top of being a great wedge issue. I even contemplated that perhaps there is an oligarch or someone of influence who identifies as transgender. But when you start to realize all of the substances in our food and water supply that cause our bodies to produce or absorb estrogen, as well as lower sperm counts, and then consider developments in things like CRISPR, artificial wombs, and the continued development of sex robots, I wonder if they'll even let a guy like me reproduce in the future.
Once again, on their own you might even dismiss these things as random. Factor them together, in the context of global empire, central planning and the control of capital and resources and it potentially puts things in a more sinister light. Is the plan to completely do away with gender and natural reproduction? It's a less aggressive way to do away with undesirables. It's also indiscriminate so it essentially suggests we're all on the chopping block, and to an extent its self inflicted and voluntary.
As far as North America remaining prosperous and productive, I don't know that North Americans are necessarily factored into that plan. We recently had a couple comments back and forth with each other in regards to automation and the extent, scale, and speed of that process. I agree with you that the source I quoted saying half of all jobs being automated in 30 years is overstated. But that doesn't change the fact that with automation, computerization, robotics, and AI, the world eventually reaches a point where the elites, the controllers of capital, can remain productive and prosperous without us.
A lot of elites are pushing universal basic income. How long before they figure those on UBI are dead weight? Personally I'm ok with automation and such as a natural development of a technological society. But considering the way our planned economy operates, the centralization of power, and the utilization of technology as a means of power and control, in the wrong hands it becomes a threat to the average person.
Simply stating that there is a push for a global order or that cultural marxism is a thing can secure someone accusations of being conspiratorial. As I said in my previous post, to me it's fairly obvious, and not at all conspiratorial. It's a matter of interpretation to some extent, but that's mostly semantics. The history of these types of developments suggest what it is. The fact that it is sold as progress, prosperity, and overcoming past injustice actually makes me more skeptical of it all.
I don't really have an opportunity to talk about these things in real life, there are a few pundits, academics, and intellectuals I can follow, and a few members of this board that will broach these subjects. So I guess my self awareness on these topics is insufficient. When you get called conspiracy theorist and extremist, in regards to obvious truths, you don't necessarily know when you are drifting into unrealistic territory. I guess I take things to what I feel are the obvious conclusions, but at the end of the day is it just my perception or is there smoke there, you know? So I'm always interested in gauging what other people see as the end game.
I could go off on a lot more topics and how they cause me concern, but its a long post already, and I think you get the point. Thanks for the discussion.
Also, I always buy hard copies of books as opposed to ebooks. I plan on passing my book collection down to my family through the generations, so they will have an accurate history, and more than anything, can understand how things work in the world, have references that are denied to the general population, and have a blue print to operate in the world. Just in case history is re-written and the flow of information controlled. Think of things like the Library of Congress and the Vatican Archives. It's Important to have references, accurate depictions of events, and a stash of information that can give insight and context.