You mentioned the GOP not stopping them and it brought the linked video to mind. It’s well worth the time as the creator gives the rules to power. I always realized this was how it worked, but the way it’s presented makes the way things run in reality make perfect sense.
https://www.youtube.com/feed/history
https://www.youtube.com/feed/history
That’s not a linked video. It’s a page for someone to view their watched video history, if they’re logged in to google.
A link to a video looks like this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXSohHok5yQ