he appearently wanted to trade it for Puerto Rico, which... I can't help but think if there's a number of Puerto Ricans who would take such a deal.
liberalism is the religious belief that number go up = world more good
Well yeah electoralism can never be the thing because, of course, the ruling class can easily fuck with it. No argument there. I just disagree that it can't change anything. You can overwhelm their mechanisms and force an unwanted result, OR force them into a situation where an angry populace knows damn well who won and it isn't who they say won, you can distract and force them to waste resources on the front, it is certainly a psychic plain on which the struggle can be waged, even if it's one designed to lean in their direction.
It just can't be THE ONLY thing, ofc. Because then Bernie happens. They just turboload all their resources into election fuckery and since they aren't being pressured on any other front, it works.
They are trying to make it less allowed to be fair
President Charles Styles, Mystery Diners