Same here <| sep |> Yes , do this . the both of you . <| sep |> I get the feeling that many of the augmented were given augs by whatever company or military they worked for to make them better at what they do , then after the incident got cut loose . Do you work in a factory and need to lift more ? Augs . Are you a PMC and they want you to have no fingerprints ? Augs . Are you an office worker that needs a mental edge ? Augs . Are you a prostitute and your pimp thinks customers like metal legs ? Augs . As far as political pressure ? Who knows . The number of augmented humans was culled significantly during the incident . Post incident in the divided world Versalife was the only company making the drug the augmented need to stay alive but the power here is with the company not the drug users . Instead of recognizing the augmented as a demographic we know that at least the Czech Republic chose to isolate them and try to contain them , and other European states had been less friendly causing an immigration of poorer augs to Czech . The allegory they seem to be applying in Mankind Divided is one of racial tension and refugee status , bordering on preachy . But to your original question about being an economic force , unless the augmented had a global political action entity , then they are no force at all any more than the large number of refugees from the middle east , north africa , or southwest asia are an economic force in Europe just because they are numerous . Nomex underwear on .