Benifit running out or not being “enough”
Any major grid disruption.
Who says it’s not part of plan…. lock up city cut off food and water 14 days later 80 percentt less people.those left grateful for a meal and shower will be your slave.
Who are the useless ones expecially since aI and bots are better than you? What value do you bring to the 1 percent that own everything hence your owners. In past best weapon 9f mass death with least repercussions is starvation ask the Germans, russian, chinese ect work far better than bullets and who in city could grow anything close to enough? It also stops resistance as no place to gather materials if starving mob burns and loots not much left of value.