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How else will he justify auctioning them off?

I want something that causes locked-in syndrome and a long ventilator-assisted life.

Maybe then he'll realize that yes, everyone does, in fact, hate him. And even the cowards he surround himself with will do it straight to his face for once.

SLBM, technically. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles.

Just spit balling here, but they probably tune the AI for different thresholds between return and rent out so that they can rake in the damage fees for things that "weren't there" during the first AI scan.

Between this and the EPA regulation rollbacks, were going to see a whole lot of bloody dead Americans.

Here's the Wikipedia article on them: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Electrolyte

For simplicity's sake, they are salts, acid, or bases that can suspend themselves in a polar liquid, like water, and can conduct electricity.

They help maintain the body's ability to hydrate, and are critical in maintaining nerve and muscle functions, since they are electric tissues.

It's also the main electrolyte ingredient in a few electrolyte drinks.

"Their cultists still decorate themselves with replicas of the murder weapon to This Day!!!"

Bold of you to assume this means they are hiring more workers...

Wouldn't be the first time, if true.

I generally reframe it from a perspective even they think they understand: Money.

Governments want their money. Less Population = Less Taxes for them to take, ergo, no government is trying to lower their population. And do they, the audience, think that the government is willing to have less money?

I don't think so!

That and there have been companies that had good product, but then got bought out. Only afterwards, they reduce product quality to the point of being some of the worst on the market.

These vulture capitalists are hoping that the brand recognition of what was once a good product keeps the company afloat long enough for them to rot away and consume the company from the inside.