"They'll hold elections and exercise power without you either way." No doubt, just as people will continue to commit murders whether I also commit murders or not. I don't think your argument, which has been my argument for years so I know it intimately, holds water.
I feel like I'm being fair here; I'm warning folks in advance, and even explaining my reasoning. I don't have to do either.
But in time you're going to come to me, and ask me to participate in the same old farce. And I will say no