I mean "deprive people of services, police them brutally, stuff them into a small area, and work them like mules until they die" was pretty much the reigning st

I mean "deprive people of services, police them brutally, stuff them into a small area, and work them like mules until they die" was pretty much the reigning strategy in the industrial era, and frankly we're returning to that now in slightly altered form under neoliberalism, so it's not that far fetched.