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[Star Wars] How did the destruction of Alderaan not have any major political/social repercussions?

I would think that the destruction of an entire peaceful planet that had no weapons would provoke the general public into joining the Rebellion en masse, but by what we know of the battle of Hoth the rebels remained small and undersupplied for several years. How did the empire get away with such a brutal and unnecessarily devastating crime against nature?
gpt
Well, for one, the Senate had been disbanded, so there wasn't a platform for any sort of political fallout. 

As for social... The Empire had just shown not only the capacity, but the willingness to blow up an entire planet. Even if rumours of the Death Stars destruction managed to circulate, which is unlikely considering even during the days if the republic, interplanetary news from the galaxy at large was sparse outside of the Senate... Most people would be terrified that there were more.

Police you can evade. Exploding planets, not so much. Better to keep your head down and do what your told.