The Editor, Rose and others in “The Long Game”

Create a climate of fear, and it's easy to keep the borders closed. It's just a matter of emphasis. The right word in the right broadcast repeated often enough can destabilize an economy, invent an enemy, change a vote.

So all the people on Earth are, like... slaves?

Now there's an interesting point. Is a slave a slave, if he doesn't know he's enslaved?

Yes.

Aww, I was hoping for a philosophical debate. Is that all I'm gonna get, "yes"?

Yes.

[chuckles] You're no fun.

Let me out of these manacles and I'll show you how much fun I am.

[to Rose] Ooh, he's tough, isn't he?