Most people don't care what variety their oppressors comes in, just how high taxes are and if the roads are safe. But it's a moot point anyway, empires fall ca

Most people don't care what variety their oppressors comes in, just how high taxes are and if the roads are safe. But it's a moot point anyway, empires fall cause they aren't sustainable not because they aren't fair. The choice wasn't "stable colonial empire vs unstable independence". The choice was "keeping the obviously dying empire alive for a few more years at increasingly high cost or independence". Neither choice offered stability.