Mr Burns, please, you’re crossing the line from everyday villainy to cartoonish super-villainy

That sounds like owning a slave with extra steps.

If someone else, preferably someone with little fear of death and nothing to live for

My time to shine!!!! Oh, but also I'm very lazy.

I've seen this movie. It ends with a nuclear explosion that throws two of the new ape-people back in time!

I feel like this would be like basically selectively breeding the down syndrome equivalent into them