That's Illuminati level conspiracy theory. It would actually be reassuring if there were people intentionally driving things - that would mean a change of plans could change the outcomes. Supposing the Illuminati are real, they had no idea the trajectory we have been on would lead to climate change and the concatenating effects that are coming, and without that knowledge, there is no way they could have planned THIS. The real driver is illustrated at the center of the wheel of life:
Those three poisons. Everyone grasping at pleasure and avoiding pain, whatever the psychopathic means.
The solution is straight forward, too. Education. But its got to be something more than just school systems. In the West, the Church filled a critical role in guiding morality, presenting a "big picture" as well as a local and universal community (in the sense, one could travel and go to a Catholic Church anywhere and find a familiar environment and community) that was critical in constructing meaning and a grounded sense of self. The Church was behind labor movements, and the civil rights movements. There are plenty of reasons to be critical of the Church, from Christian teachings to its corruptions at every level, but it also fulfilled the highest needs of societies. We've lost the Church and now we're left with an atomized population that has no sense of collective identity. People grasp at totems disseminated by for profit outfits that are basically bereft of any deeper meaning - instead of Jesus, Apostles, Saints, people are obsessed with Marvel Super Heroes. In India, trucks are adorned with Hindu symbolism. Here people slap Decepticon and Punisher stickers on their cars. Instead of Revivals and costumed processions celebrating patron saints, we have Comicon. If ideologies are your thing, we have political parties.
People at this time don't want the medicine. And there are fewer and fewer offering it. Its a vicious cycle. People just want to circle jerk and eat cotton candy without consequence, and there's no one trying to steer them away from that.
The mythology of the Degenerate Age is 100% applicable at this time. All we're left of the higher teachings is the symbols that fewer and fewer understand. Of course Bhaisajyaguru can't heal anyone - the gestalt framework, the psycho-socio-physical mandala - in which his blessings are effective simply does not exist anymore except in ruins. As the teachings say, eventually, even the symbols will be lost. At that time, humanity will start the long climb back up rebuilding based on direct knowledge of the contours of survival. That direct knowledge of survival will give rise to a moral civilization, and when they are ripe, Maitreya will appear among those people to open the Buddha knowledge to them.
The mythology also suggests we'll have at least another golden age when the Great Dharma will spread before the light goes out completely in advance of Maitreya's advent...
