I understand the profit motive to advertising, but I get confused by simple things.
You're "flanky" in Discord, yes? Seeing you as "Senior Member" ... branding and commercial money. People get defensive, so I hesitate to here answer the joke you posed on Discord.
Isn't it true that what matters most of all is agreeing with whatever senior members say? I mean ... isn't having an independent opinion seen as argumentative? Unless, of course, "seniors" approve. (In my life, that's NCOs. One can't count that officers would dare get involved.)
For me and mine, it all starts with 2+2 ... strategy and tactics ... velocity and angles ... squad, fireteam, squadron ... existential honesty?
/dks