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5.07sIt all started with Nixon's promise to build an alien-proof fence around the solar system.
3.82sWithout cheap alien labor for menial jobs like harvesting crops,
1.1steaching math,
3.52sand curing disease, the economy collapsed.
3.25sStarvation. Desperation. Despair.
2.2sSo far, so good. Then what?
2.43sTRAVERS: Unable to feed the world's starving masses,
2.07sNixon took bold action.
3.6sIn this time of crisis, I call upon the soylent...
1.97sI mean, silent majority.
1.47s(ALL CHEERING)
1.32s
1.15s(ALL SCREAMING)
5.26s
0.98sStill good.
1.5sTRAVERS: With the working class gone,
3.02srobots were forced to do all the menial labor.