“The citizens of the planets forming the core of government for the “Old Empire” are a filthy, degraded, slave society of mindless, tax-paying workers, who practice cannibalism.  Only a demonic, self-serving government would employ a “logic” or “science” to conceive that an “ultimate solution” to any problem is to murder and permanently erase the memory of every artist, genius, skilled manager, and inventor, and cast them into a planetary prison together with political opponents, killers, thieves, perverts, and disabled beings of an entire galaxy!”

— from the transcripts published in the book, “Alien Interveiw”

The above excerpt from the transcripts in “Alien Interview” might give us a clue as to the origin of the bizarre practices we see on Earth.  Could they have been carried forward from the “Old Empire” culture?  We may think that life on a prision planet is very unpleasant.  But what is the alternative?  Even if would could go back to the “Old Empire” civilization, would you want to go?