"We're talking," one of the women whispered, "as if we were buying cattle!"
"We are."
"But how can you recruit men and women under these conditions? What inducement can you possibly offer them?"
Firth smiled. "When we find the people who meet our specifications, they'll come; don't worry. In the days of the sailing ships the technique was called shanghaiing."
"What specifications, Mr. Firth?"
"They must be young, strong, healthy, single—"
"And low-level morons," Adam Boetz cut in. "Imbeciles won't give us any trouble later on."
To his other crimes, John Firth then added kidnapping; the end justified the means. He was creating a world and that world would save civilization. I doubt that his conscience ever troubled him.
Within two years the second group of colonists was established in Firth's world. Apparently they made an easy adjustment to their new environment. We have no record of complaints or protests. They were docile, obedient people. They took orders well; they liked to be told what to do; they needed very little supervision.