> I see no reason to waste the time and influence while its here.
Then let me suggest one: it violates the intent of democracy, which is government by the consent of the governed. To exert your influence over the rules that others have to live by when you no longer consent to be governed by those rules is just a dick move in my book.
On that view, the United States of America is not a democracy either. Now, I grant that the proposition that the U.S. is a democracy is arguable nowadays, but not because it's a union of separate states.
Then let me suggest one: it violates the intent of democracy, which is government by the consent of the governed. To exert your influence over the rules that others have to live by when you no longer consent to be governed by those rules is just a dick move in my book.