That investment will yield a lot in loyalty. You'll have 100 people looking out for your interests, which are now their interests. "Winning hearts and minds." That seems a lot more valuable than trying to play Omega Man. In fact, start shooting people and you are going to generate nothing but vendettas, and eventually you'll have 100 people out to get you. Spoiler alert: The Omega Man dies at the end of the movie.

All of this is just blowing my mind today. Who knew the "apocalypse" was just another 1-percenter meme, and that the self-styled "free-thinkers" walking around believing it -- including me -- were actually engaging in the most craven, compliant subservience against their own interests!