That's kinda what Vegas is all about though. Even if I were supreme dictator, I'd still let Vegas (well, Paradise) be pretty much as it is today tbh. "Special Economic Zone" or whatever like Macau.
If they're super concerned about losing the 'freedom' to drive down the strip then they could have select hours where they open it to (some) cars like how they periodically close it for pedestrians now for things like New Years and whatnot.
Start with weekdays only, otherwise you need an employee pass. See where it goes from there
I mean, it's exactly what I would do
Their ties to America give them an incredibly high quality of life, I'd expect them to be fine with the situation for the foreseeable future.
Keep it 1 on 1 until you have some strength in numbers. Eventually you'll at least get a few neutrals who will roll their eyes like "yeah heard all this before" when you get into it with someone.
To me, the CPC is "radlib"
Their instance is at hexbear.net
Jk, it's beehaw.org, but I suggest making an account on lemmy.ml and jumping in from there. Due to the federation you'll be able to see lefty stuff from lemmy.ml and other instances, as well as libby stuff from theirs.
They already have done that
Yet!