no, not cartoon villains, just morbidly self interested and narcissistic.

any host (out world included) has a finite carrying capacity. we are currently well beyond ours. the profit motive is strong in these people but, for a small but meaningful few, survival is (surprisingly) stronger - go figure!

<ravings> however, in typical billionaire/trillionaire grandiosity, I don't think the idea is just survival, but correction. and the correction is reducing the load on the planet to appropriate levels for profit and service - I kinda, sorta think the dime store tony stark himself, one elon musk, is there on this.. </ravings>

I have no proof other than my fevered imagination and observation of people and especially those who think themselves masters of the universe.

am I right/wrong? I am not sure it matters. we are in 100% uncharted territory here and the likleyhood is high that we all go down together on this one.