[A cesspool, no doubt, where lies and corruption are the currency, and those with power wield it as any blade would be wielded. With no checks and no balances, it would be an rampant with inequality. She doesn't doubt that Palpatine will rule with absoluteness. Has he not already been steering things that way? They had just never realized it.]

No. It never is, but for all the hardships, the end result does always make it worth the effort. Worth the sacrifices.