The Nabob, without military, without federal capacity, is extinguished as a potentate; but then he is carefully kept alive as an independent and sovereign power, for the purpose of rapine and extortion,--for the purpose of perpetuating the old intrigues, animosities, usuries, and corruptions.
Burke describes the manipulation of local rulers for exploitative purposes.
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