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.
He's supposed to be a Volcel with an AI egirlfriend
I know right? It was such a dumb character development. I get that he's not a particularly deep character in the games but that's kind of the point.