Guruji: From a hardcore Indian businessman’s point of view – and I’ve observed such businessmen for a very long time – they will never try to reduce population. Population means cheap labor and customers. I don’t agree with this theory that someone is trying to depopulate the Earth. Not because of the resources or threat to nature – nobody cares for nature. But people and organizations have started to care for it now. Cheap labor and customers will always be needed for the business. Population can’t be reduced…
They care about the planet so much because they want to save resources – and for saving resources they want to cut down the population, right?
Guruji: Saving resources for whom?
For themselves. And some servants and stuff.
Guruji: I think this theory is taken too far: rich may be selfish people – but they are very smart also; they would never arrange such a situation.
So do you think this theory is rubbish?
Guruji: I don’t believe in it. No laborers, no workers, no customers: then who are you?
A certain number of laborers will stay, a certain number of customers will stay…
Guruji: But businessmen don’t need to limit the number of their customers. They need many consumers to grow, to expand. All these conspiracy theories are the cases when confused people are actually speaking out their own mindsets. They would have done these things (depopulation) themselves if they would have a say in this situation. Why else are they coming up with all these scenarios?
Would they do that themselves?!
Guruji: If you just take one simple man, not penalize him, and assure him that nothing will harm him – he will become the most vicious person in no time. Fear keeps us disciplined. Fear of the system, fear of punishment.
Why are these theories so eagerly embraced? The notion that there is some evil out there?
Guruji: I just told you: every religion, every organization is always predicting, prophesying the doomsday, the end of the world, Apocalypse; all the bad things, famine, earthquakes… Nobody predicts good things for human beings or Earth.
This is the real tragedy. I see very good people, bad people, a mix of people. Otherwise human civilization would have ended a long time ago – if every single person was a villain and everybody was extremely selfish – then society would never survive. When I was moving around, I came across mostly good people – otherwise it would be impossible for me to survive. Even beggars were ready to share their food.
Such an elaborate plan of destruction would inevitably collapse, because everything which could go wrong usually goes wrong when implemented on the mass scale, wouldn’t it?
Guruji: All the comics and all the Hollywood and Bollywood movies tell us: no matter how strong the villain is – good always wins.
So we have hope. We are waiting to see who is a hero now.
I don ’ t agree with these conspiracy theories of depopulation. Computers need people, high-tech technology needs people, coal mining needs people – what would a computer do then? A person, a helper or laborer will always be needed.
Maybe the robots will be there?
Guruji: Till then – the laborers will be required. I think, more people – more prosperity.
I look at my worker Shyam: he has 4-5 sons. Before he was alone, he was only one humble man in hard circumstances. Now, his sons begin to earn, even the grandsons are earning – so it is a strong family now; the fifth generation is born.
Speaking of overpopulated countries – let’s take India: there is no access for health care now and people are dying by the hundreds right now.
Guruji: Mostly in metropolitan cities, big cities.
In some villages certain castes have no access to medical care.
Guruji: It’s fine – we were surviving without hospitals for thousands of years. You will see ancient castles, forts, pyramids, – but I’ve never heard of somebody discovering a 2000-year-old hospital or 3000-year-old hospital. People were doing very well without it. That’s why survival of the fittest took place.
So it does not sound as a problem that many people on the planet are dying right now?
Guruji: I will say – when it becomes too much, too overloading population-wise – then Earth will decide. Human beings are not capable enough to make a decision on their population or the population of Earth.
Because of the pandemic the birth rate will decrease automatically: they say it’s already down for some time.
Guruji: Yes.
Is it reducing because of the situation – disease or maybe war?
Guruji: Maybe because of some other reasons. Nature will take care of it.
Not that I’m believing in Bill Gates conspiracy theory – I believe in what was quoted in “Godfather”: behind every great fortune there is a crime. What type of crime is another question – but it definitely excludes the depopulation of the Earth. It is bad for business.
Some people are extremely good at collecting bitcoins now. The smartest will survive, won’t they?
Guruji: The smartest will survive – but suppose if something happens with the internet, then where will bitcoins go?
Nowhere.
Guruji: I ’ ve been saying it for more than 20 years: once only silver and gold were real money. Then it was turned into plastic and we were given pieces of paper. Nowadays it ’ s just a number on your mobile ’ s display screen or on your computer – and some day some button will be pushed and the money will disappear. Then what you have at hand – gold, real estate, land – will remain, and only that will help you.
The depopulation of the country, which is happening now due to Covid, is not working in favor of political leaders, is it?
Guruji: This conspiracy theory doesn’t work. I don’t think people are that low-minded as to kill everybody. It does not work for a businessman: he will always need customers and workers. If you’re rich and there is no poor person looking up to you in jealousy – you have nobody to gloat over, so what is the use of becoming rich if there is nobody to admire you?