Allowing the NPC's to experience how shitty actually is, and allow them to wake up is definitely a beneficial side-effect. But I think the primary goal is to smoke out the bad actors.

Edit: But the best i can do is "i think", so it's definitely not a fact unless it can be confirmed.

Allowing the NPC's to experience how shitty actually is, and allow them to wake up is definitely a beneficial side-effect. But I think the primary goal is to smoke out the bad actors.