For many at a corporate level this was about profits, but not just about that. For some even higher than that, it has more to do with their future plans involving the need to get rid of "worthless humans" as Dr Yuval Noah Harari says. Depopulation is also a major motivation.
I don't think humans are at the top of the food chain. It will soon be time for "harvest"...
https://peakd.com/hive-137795/@cahlen/xgudkrah
Protect yourself...
https://usawatchdog.com/you-need-a-war-strategy-catherine-austin-fitts/
It certainly seems like something like that. As if an Alien species left us here to grow but we are just cattle essentially.
It cracked me up because the guy was trying to get to the other side to have a harem. 😁 It's not a bad plan.
I'm thinking more and more that we are in a video game and some Alien teenagers are playing us. Or it is a simulated sand box to see if we come up with technology or solve the problem of interstellar travel in a different fashion than they have figured out. Like we are one big AI sandbox simulation.