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They see this as the "evolution" if the world to a "new age". They want to create a "utopia" for the sheep, but to do this they must first create an extinction event, as the sheep are too large in number and won't accept the "utopia".
After the extinction event the sheep will call for a "savior", and will jump to the arms of the "benevolent ellites and their technocracy". Same as what happened in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Allegedly she was a mistress for Phillip Rotschild, and "John Galt" is Philip.