I made no error, I of course fully expect the government to immediately use their full force against us if an area were liberated, especially one such as new york city. We expect it, so we fortify the prepare the area to repel the attacks, even before we've finished claiming the area as our own. As for looking bad or public relations, you are well and truly delusional, we will never have good relations with the public under the enemy, which slanders us and enforced an attitude of contempt towards us. You are either a moron or a shill for talking up the idea of sacrificing an opportunity to make physical gains in exchange for the hope of achieving a greater appeal to the public that is constantly propagandized into opposing us. We will never win by simply winning over the majority of people, rebellions and revolutions and overturning of government authority has almost never worked like that, a successful grassroots reformation has always had around 5-10 percent of the population on it's side, at the very most, and we already surpass those numbers, easily, we don't need to worry about public appeal, what we need now is some physical assets to work with, and to gather numbers in real life in order to orchestrate a turning point in the balance of power. Claiming and defending land right now is the ideal move, what you want is equivalent to inactivity, we can take a step towards winning right now, and you are refusing it.. The support we have among the people is already sufficient to make a major change if we were to do so, as we already have so much silent and inactive supporters among the population that would transform into vocal and active supporters under such circumstances. . Right now we have all the support we need, but this opportunity to actually claim some physical assets for our cause is not going to last forever, and the more of these we let pass us by without capitalizing on them, the harder the fight will be for us from here on out. Machiavelli is looking at you and shaking his head, you forget the order of priorities that exists in the situation we find ourselves in. With land comes greater security to out cause, even under siege (which we can repel), it moves things from a realm of talk to one of action, it gives us a chance to demonstrate what we are all about and to challenge the legitimacy of government rule. I recommend watching those national justice party videos on why this would be the optimal move for us, to insert ourselves into the destabilizing chaos, and to use that to establish our own order.