An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

It was a fun read but even though i think Hank intended it as a critique of the cult of personality in liberal politics in the age of social media, the liberal delusions Hank Green has of how politics work kept pulling me out of the story.
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[spoilers ahead]
I am always amazed that full grown adults believe that a “terrorist group” can be created from interactions online without any backing, funding or arming from a government (these people also believe revolutions are being organized online lol), that in case of an alien visit the “authoritarian” Chinese and Russian military will be on the scene to block it while the “democratic” American military would be nonexistent (literally no mention of them anywhere), and that there is some version of America where a president could have any kind of values?? Like that's literally not written by a 12 year old. Someone over 30 thinks this! Oh and also the american government has less information about something happening on their soil than a 23 year old girl stumbling about. I get that the book is written for young adults but we need to ease up on our wishful thinking.
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It's just that in sci fi lack of strategic, military and historical knowledge are much more flagrant than in other genres. Some political trivia without any analysis is not enough.