I guess you don’t want an independent, strong-willed client state. You want one that does what you tell it to do. This creates a corruptive pressure from the ve

I guess you don’t want an independent, strong-willed client state. You want one that does what you tell it to do. This creates a corruptive pressure from the very top. Then I guess it is easy to not see that there is no “client state”, only a failed state propped up by your own power.