The greatest flaw in the system is the fragmentation and consequential cost - when things were consolidated under Netflix, things weren’t perfect but it can’t be said that they weren’t far better.

The true underlying flaw is capitalism, but isn’t it always?

Because the AI isn’t needed, and would be computationally expensive.

Extensions like ublock origin and sponsorblock work just fine.

Then there’s pretext, and the leftists get painted as thugs - appropriate targets for more aggressive crackdowns.

It’s a lose-lose, but protesters will almost never benefit by responding to police brutality with an armed response. Counter-protests are generally a lesser problem.

If they’re definitionally wrong, why call “no true Scotsman”?

and…?

What part of “authoritarian state capitalism” is left wing to you?

Supporters of autocratic state capitalist regimes like China and Russia also aren’t left-leaning.