It has become apparent that the Burmese (because I don't know the adjectival form of Myanmar) junta doesn't care at all if the people live or die. And not just in terms of basic human compassion. All signs really seem to indicate that if the entire population just died and there were no more people left in Burmyanmar, that would make no difference whatsoever to the junta. Which doesn't make sense, not just from a human decency perspective, but also from an evil overlord perspective. An evil overlord needs an oppressed population to be evil overlord of, and the junta doesn't even seem to be appreciating that their citizens are there for them to be the boss of.
So let's play make-believe. Suppose every single elite stealth operative in the world descended on Burmyanmar behind the junta's back (they're stealth operatives, that's their job), scooped up the entire population, and relocated everyone to other places in the world, so the only people left in Burmyanmar are the junta. Logistically impossible because of the scale of the operation and completely disrespectful of the Burmese people's human rights (ethics essay topic: how acceptable is it to disregard a person's human rights to save them from someone who's disregarding their human rights worse?), but suppose it happened.
What would the junta think? Would they be cranky that they don't have anyone to boss around? Or would they think "Finally, some peace and quiet?"
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