The bandits need the miners or there's nothing to profit from. But the miners need someone for the...exporting and business, right? Otherwise it all just sits there and doesn't do anything.

[He's only taken like fourth grade social studies, but he gets that you need a full supply chain.]

It's like everyone got so worried about winning that they stopped thinking about what they need to have left when they win.

[Granted, being overly fixated on a goal at the expense of everything else is the kind of mentality that Ken has a certain degree of understanding for.]