> I'm not sure of the exact claim of what they were/are trying to achieve, but essentially they want to put the brakes on capitalism by making people consume le

> I'm not sure of the exact claim of what they were/are trying to achieve, but essentially they want to put the brakes on capitalism by making people consume less, and ultimately disrupting economic growth. That cabal definitely exists, it's the old "Malthusian vs. Cornucopian" debate, revived in the form of the Club of Rome and people like Paul R. Ehrlich. Lots of scientists have this attitude. The scientists that do not have this attitude are rarely heard, because anything less than the impending apocalypse barely sells an newspapers.