@SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast clarified in the comments that this was purely an ideological rant and was not suppose to be a critique on technical privacy grounds.

He made it clear that it wad purposefully sensationalized to draw attention and provoke change.

I still think it causes more harm than good by discouraging people away from perfectly good VPNs.
 

 "purposefully sensationalized to draw attention and provoke change"

Could be reworded, "Had enough of the involuntary stranglehold of the corrupt empire, and is in open rebellion"