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   A number of the people Well-Respected Psionic Weaponry Corporation used
   in their experiments were people who were exposed to their mistakes.
   The presidents who turned inside out rather than rising to power. The
   customers who became so addicted to products they stopped their basic
   bodily functions. The workers and researchers who didn't believe some
   deepfakes.
   WRPWC's most profitable work was in influence. Cultural, political,
   commercial. They could make people do things, subtly or harshly, you
   name it. Part of the plan was to guide these behaviors so as to
   strengthen their own businesses ....