Makes ‘em easier to round up.
Such thoughtful people. They are setting up one stop shopping for all of the unwashed in the general area. Do they really think that the locals are going to be their lackeys and take care of their useless a****? Of what use is an elite in a SHTF event? The only thing that might keep them alive is the fact that many rural people are Christians. However if I were them, I wouldn’t push it.