The last paragraph is a reference to Cato the Elder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthago_delenda_est
"As a third and final action point, I am of the opinion that Carthage must be destroyed."
"As a third and final action point, I am of the opinion that Carthage must be destroyed."
As his income grew, Cato also became a regular investor in commercial lending. Although a law from 218 BC banned senators from engaging directly in commercial shipping, Cato formed partnerships of fifty investors that backed the commercial operations of fifty ships. He fronted all of the initial capital and then lent money to investors that they could each use to buy a share in the enterprise. Cato himself entrusted one share to a freed slave who acted as his agent. He then profited from the trading activities as well as the interest on these loans, while following the letter of the law and limiting his direct exposure in case the cargo was lost.
Genocide seemed to be part and parcel.
The usual approach of the time was enslavement and taxation. Because they were less effort and more reward.