Droid Mores

It's always safest to be automatic. If you're a droid.

If every move is a logical result, you can explain it. You have plausible deniability. You did the logical thing. At least there was some logic for the thing you did.

So the theory goes. You do what you think is best for the nation. You can explain to history why you did that. You can do anything, if you can explain it.

Because you can do anything, you can simply explain that you have the power. Because you have the power, you can do anything, if needed. Some may disagree. You need to know who they are, so they don't hinder your power.

Endless war can keep you in power forever.

Or at least until spring breaks through.