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>For the sake of Gensokyo's stability this cold war situation is ideal.
I think Yukari/sages in general would actually prevent a youkai controlled village for that reason. She hasn't acted upon it because the different groups have each other in check right now and either their shenanigans are deemed harmless or it's not gotten "bad" enough yet or even that a youkai takeover would mean nothing so there's no need to act upon it.
Yukari is the biggest shill of the balance and I'd doubt she'd just stand by if a takeover was happening and was harmful to the humans, as their continued subsistance and being satisfied in daily life is needed for Gensokyo. Sure she can act on potential leaders now, but if everyone in Gensokyo was overly oppressed and clearly dissatisfied, they wouldn't need a leader for them to start striking back.
I still fail to see what youkai would do once the village is taken over besides bragging rights and maybe monopolizing the human market to buy their shit (kappa technology, tengu newspaper, tanuki's uhm... I guess the food?) The group vying for control are the most in the know about the whole Gensokyo situation, so it seems logical to think they wouldn't degrade the village's condition or wipe the village or anything. At best keep them down a certain way? But that's already happening and it doesn't seem like it's in their interest to make them regress if they want them to buy more shit.
If it's just a buy my shit situation, it's kind of a "ok" situation, it's like Microsoft, Apple and well there isn't a Linux company but let's pretend were all fighting for monopoly over the computer market in the village. No real harm besides the fact you have to buy Macs from now on, which yeah it kinda sucks, but it's not the end of the world or anything. Tengus definitely seem to have the clearer goal of spreading information in a way that benefits them I guess, Aya even says it won't influence their lives. But she also says they must take control of the village before a ruler emerges (there aren't any because Yukari), so why the hurry exactly...?
What would Kappas even have to gain over taking the village? They are featured in the following panels. Making humans buy kappa tools more? I'm sure they'd love that actually.