Conversely, the actions indicated are merely an indicator of the continued rot and decay of the City States. The city States are self destructing.
No finger should be lifted not any effort be made to eliminate the internal destruction of the City States.
Like Hamas, the City States must be obliterated
Unfortunately, federal and state governments through various means, bail out failed blue cities. Without the bail outs, failed cities would collapse sooner than later. We see the same failed principal applied when the federal government or federal reserve intervene to save a "too big to fail" bank or company.
There is a time to help and there is a time when helping becomes the problem. Wisdom is knowing the difference.