“In the future It will be a question of finding a way to reduce the population. We will start with the old, because as soon as he exceeds 60-65 years, man lives longer than he produces, and it costs society dearly. Then the weak, then the useless ones who bring nothing to society because there will be more and more of them, and especially finally the stupid ones. Euthanasia targeting these groups; euthanasia will have to be essential instrument of our future societies, in all cases. We will of course not be able to execute people or organize camps. We will get rid of them by making them believe that it is for their own good. Too large a population, and for the most part unnecessary, is something economically too expensive. Socially, it is also much better for the human machine to come to an abrupt halt rather than gradually deteriorating. We won’t be able to pass intelligence tests on million and millions of people, you can imagine. We will find something or cause it – a pandemic that targets certain people, a real economic crisis or not, a virus that will affect the old and the weak, it doesn’t matter, the weak will succumb to it, the fearful will believe it and ask to be treated. We will have taken care to have planned the treatment, a treatment that will be the solution. The selection of idiots will thus be done by itself; they will go to the slaughterhouse on their own”.
Source: Interview with Jacques Attali, in the 1981 book by Michael Salomon, The Future of Life.
