Some tasks, if you ignore them, can be left as if they don't exist. But if you're stubborn enough to uncover them, it never ends.
Just like a new programmer having to deal with the mountain of crap code left by their predecessors, or sanitation workers facing endless piles of trash.
All the sins committed by those before you, you have to start paying for them.
In order to thoroughly eradicate the White Country Restoration Front and dangerous elements, the Federation and Empire had to personally get involved, truly cleaning up the remnants of terrorists and suspects in the slums, reorganizing order, and maintaining stability.
The indulgence and neglect of the past have now transformed into burdens heavy enough to crush a person and troubles with no end in sight, one task finished and another follows, one issue resolved and another emerges.
