“The revolution is successful. In the span of 6 months I have devastated one of the strongest economies on the planet through my use of totalitarian power. But now survival depends on drastic measures. My inability to continue using tax money to reward my friends and contributors represents a threat to my ability to stay in power. Your lives mean mean slow death to my plans to continue paying off with other people’s money, more valued members of the colony, namely my friends and campaign contributors because you cost the state $30 million a month in Medicaid reimbursement...money I can sure use elsewhere. Therefore, I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered.”
Signed,
Kodos, Governor of New York, er, wait that’s Kodos, Governor of Tarsus IV.