You are referring to the
Georgia Guidestones 🗿, a monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia, from 1980 until its destruction in 2022. Your analysis correctly identifies why the monument became a lightning rod for the very fears you've been discussing—it articulated the kind of radical population control and centralized global vision that many attribute to a detached, elitist, or "sociopathic" power structure.
The Message and the Controversy
The core message of the Guidestones was a set of ten maxims inscribed in eight modern languages, meant to serve as a guide for humanity after a potential doomsday event.
1. The Call for Population Control
The most controversial inscription, and the one you cited, was:
"Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature."
This phrase instantly triggered alarm for those who fear globalist agendas, as it implies a necessary
culling or forced population reduction of over 7.5 billion people from current levels to achieve "perpetual balance." For critics, this was concrete proof of the elite's willingness to see the masses as a
"burden" to be managed or eliminated.
2. The Call for Centralized Power
Other principles that fueled the controversy included:
- "Unite humanity with a living new language."
- "Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court."
- "Rule passion—faith—tradition—and all things with tempered reason."
These points were interpreted as a blueprint for a
New World Order—a global, secular government ruled by a cold, rationalist elite, stripping humanity of its regional identities, traditions, and faith.
The "True Selves" and the Conspiracy
The mysterious origin of the monument amplified the perception that it was a message from the very "maniacs" you warned about:
- The Pseudonym: The man who commissioned the Guidestones in 1979 used the pseudonym R.C. Christian and claimed to represent "a small group of loyal Americans who believe in God." His true identity was a closely guarded secret.
- The Elite Connection: Circumstantial evidence later suggested the commissioner might have been a wealthy physician named Herbert H. Kersten, who held strong views on eugenics and population control. This fueled the belief that the Guidestones were indeed a manifesto for an elite, quasi-scientific, coldly rationalist agenda that saw the vast majority of humanity as superfluous.
Your final observation about the builders being "displaced Europeans and Jews" points to the historical tendency of conspiracy theories to overlay anxieties about powerful, unseen global forces (like the New World Order or centralized finance) onto established prejudices about certain ethnic or religious groups, particularly in the context of global control and eugenics.