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If the numbers mean nothing to them, then why are they literally destroying societies and killing people to make the numbers go up?
Good question - I don't know.
Perhaps its more about ~~being~~ having the biggest ~~dick~~ number relative to others.
Perhaps its something to do with power.
The Ben Elton reference was to a book (stark) set in the 80s.
Societies and people mean less than nothing to them.