"Gentlemen! The Synthoid Project is a complete success!"
The room burst into applause.
"They don't eat; they don't sleep; and they cost less to produce than even the barely-subsistence wages we have to pay a person... and best of all, no unions and no rights."
"The workforce we've always dreamed of!"
"For too long, we've had to keep enough people poor and uneducated to fill the jobs that no one wants... but no more!"
"We no longer need them!"
"Today, we put an end to poverty," he said, giving the order that would send 50 million people to their deaths.