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>Clones don't deplete your civilians
This is a galaxy of trillions, anon. There were about a few million clone troopers. What the fuck are you talking about, son?
>Clones don't ask questions
Neither do regular people if you train them right. Lots of clones were also influenced by the Jedi, so a lot of them do ask questions.
>Clones are dispensable
So are the regular people to any dictatorship throughout human history.
>Clones are obedient
So are the people if you train them right. Plus, regular people have a lot to lose: their families, their home, their payment. Regular people actually have more reasons to be obedient than the clones. And that obedience is sincere and motivated, and not artificial brainwashing that can wear off.
>Clones are far more competent
They are too competent, and that competency was no longer needed: the war was won.
>Clones are literally bred for one purpose
The purpose which they'd fulfilled: killing the Jedi. There were no more Jedi. So what was their purpose now?
>Clones do not need to age twice as fast
But they do. What the fuck do you mean "they do not need to age twice as fast"? They do age twice as fast, that's the whole point. Otherwise it would take at least 20 years to grow a combat-ready clone. That is not sustainable.
>Clones easily superior and cost about as much as conscripts when all is said and done.
No, they cost much, much, much more. They nearly bankrupted the Republic during the war. It takes a decade to produce a combat-ready batch of clones. There are already trillions of able-bodied, combat-ready Imperial citizens, who just need a month of training, just like in real life, and they are ready for the purpose of policing on a galactic scale and taking out a couple of insurgents every once in a while.