I rewatched it recently expecting it to be horrible but it was less bad than I thought (not good politically, but not complete propaganda).

It helps that in the later seasons/series the Russians and Chinese get their own starships and both are portrayed as being more reasonable (a lot of the time) than elements of the US govt.

But yeah, with shit like infiltrators that look human and an analogy for the Deep State, I can see why chuds are drawn to it.