I see it more as entertaining the kidnapper in a hostage situation. You go hard no and they shoot the hostage or you buy some time. Guess what, you still can organize under democrat rule, with slightly less risk of gestapo kicking down your doors even if it’s not 0

Also in the end it’s still a message from someone who is making content on YouTube. If you are going any more left you would use some more decentralized method to distribute your videos.