Just a speculation and wild extrapolation, but what if NWO is not something they plan to implement, but something that is already implemented and has been for at least 100 years by now?
We can all see that most of what currently goes on in the world is engineered and orchestrated with specific goals to achieve. Covid scam goes without saying, of course, but the same could be said about current Ukraine/Russia situation, 9/11, Middle East, climate scam etc, etc.
So, what if most or even all recent historical events also were engineered? What if our historical narratives are simply lies and nothing much else?
For example, NWO could have started with WW1, which was engineered and implemented in order to get rid of Old World Order - old monarchies, dynasties, old wealth, old power and such. After it most of Europe was not monarchic anymore, but became national republics with supposedly democratic governments. Large multinational institutions were put in place. Again, supposedly to maintain peace, but in reality it essentially was One World Government in the making.
Then came WW2 which introduced severe limitations of freedom, a lot of new taxes and, most importantly, very simple and easy to understand narrative through which it was easy to control masses from all sides. Divide the world into good side and bad side. Nazis vs Allies during the war and Soviets vs West after the war. WW1 narrative was too messy and too hard to follow. Who fights whom? Why? Which coutry is on which side exactly? It was all too messy and unclear. WW2 hovewer was and still is presented as some kind of epic fight of good versus evil.
And now there's Phase 3 which started at the beginning of 2020 and is now being actively escalated in many various ways. After this phase NWO might come out in the open which up until now has been hiding behind various countries, organizations and such.
TL;DR: NWO already exists and all of 20th century events did not just happen out of the blue, but have been purposefully engineered and implemented with specific goals in mind. Most of official narratives, historical as well as current ones, are simply lies.
There is much more to the story, but you are starting to put it together a bit.
Basically, it is not 'what if' it is pretty much as you have described by leaving out all the details and avoiding listing the facts.
Rest assured this exact ploy has been in progress for much further back than you want to imagine, also realize that it is not about destroying old powers or anything other than consolidation of power to a single group, as the evidence shows.
The reasoning is simple, the majority of people are peaceful and happy and want to just live and enjoy life, they have been taught that everything is OK criminals are not running everything and the mafia is not running all aspects of societal direction with intent.
People were more wary in the past.
Yes, you might be correct. I was referring specifically to 20th century, but it might have been happening longer than that.
Further back than all of recorded history, if you were interested in my opinion.