You could write an entire essay about how this show intentionally and very loudly ignores the structures of power to instead focus on the idea of individual actors being behind evil. The show is a literal PowerPoint presentation explaining how the reactionary state subsumes and redirects anything that internally challenges it.
Halo's story is just 9/11 american jingoism about how the religious fundamentalists are evil and humans are superior oorah let's go marines, so I can't say I'm surprised.
I am surprised this is the first comment here to say this, given yesterday's internet atheist thread. Take the war to the religious zealot other