I totally disagree with your politics,

but I do think that your explanations make sense, or rather- while I think he is earnest in wanted a new state ruled by "Grey Tribe", given the book listed at the top he wrote: The Network State: How To Start a New Country, but these specific complaints do feel like he's doing a mean Haha gotcha, how would it feel now ?? sort of style

Or I guess put another way, I think he is both earnestly wanting it but also choosing these examples to be a comparison so it seems "fair"