I sound like a bloody slave owner,
No, but it's the wet dream of the elites.
They have had slaves continually throughout history, in one form or another.
(the debt based banking system the pinnacle of their plantation development system so far.
With this model, the slaves refuse to run away, and insist on fighting each other to stay on the plantation!!
AI is the next improvement. Running costs are minimized. No food consumption.
That's just brilliant!