Welcome to politics 101, Tidus. What you just went through, and what we routinely try to implement on the train, is what one would call campaigning for votes, in my world. [ But it only really works because of certain standards and practices, and besides, what was being the leader of a superpower versus being stuck as kidnapped folks on a train...? ]

We can't abolish structure altogether. At the end of the day, we have to return to what made the council come together in the first place. Why did the early Voidtreckers see the need for one? I think if we can remember that, it'll be our compass north.