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Originally Posted by jason taylor
Isn't that more,"Why we think the Imperium is impossible." Then "Imperial culture"?
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One suggestion it did have was that access to starship technology was rare enough to give an incentive. One that was not pointed out is that there is no reason to suppose that people 3000 years in the future will prefer independence(meaning rule by a nearby overlord not limited by a faraway one) to money. Another is that each planet is easily isolated in the event of rebellion.
Also a few planets will be more in tune to the Imperium then others because of their dependency on imperial favor for various reasons.
Suppose worlds that have artificial environments absolutely require outside support, and Terraforming hasn't advanced to the point where it won't right away collapse? Many of these worlds are the richest-that is why people come there. Really when you think about it, rebellion might only be a viable option in an Earth-like world and many of these are sparsely populated and have few resourses.