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[WM40K] Why did the Emperor allow the Mechanicum so much power?

It just seems a bit dangerous in retrospect to hand a weird Martian cult an absolute monopoly over all technology.
gpt
The weird martian cult was already there, and breaking it would result in more conflict and instability than the Emperor considered worth it. They were literally one of the most powerful forces of humanity at that point.