didn't know about the Great Reset but it sounds like an attempt to pull everyone into the 21st century: "Moreover, governments should implement long-overdue reforms that promote more equitable outcomes. Depending on the country, these may include changes to wealth taxes, the withdrawal of fossil-fuel subsidies, and new rules governing intellectual property, trade, and competition."
all good AFAIC
i suspect the NYT wasn't saying its existence was a conspiracy theory, but instead the interpretation you and the rest of the tin-foil-hat brigade put on any attempt to have a unified response to global challenges
what is it you want anyway? - how small-scale do you actually want government to be? - do you want small areas to decide on what happens in theri own location - kind of like... a system of communes?