Fucking evil genius-ass motherfucker going and doing things like "Treating subordinates with a basic modicum of welfare so they don't defect to the side of Good", while the rest of us are stuck with evil idiots who nonetheless command undying loyalty from their equally-idiotic followers.

See also: George Canning recognising Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil because it would annoy France.

Well... That's how a democracy is supposed to work. Or even a monarchy, but the support would have to be more vocal then.

Tbh, that means that the socialists worked — via the threat they posed