That's the problem with SAO author that keeps turning me off to be honest. Besides from the dry and uninspiring proses, the execution of most concepts and premises is just half-assed and lack any deep understanding of the subjects. None of the technology, politics, or social structures make sense if you zoom in and scrutinized it. But it does sound cool when you just took a quick look.

Another awful thing about the series is it still fall back to the big man theory trope where the good guys can only win with MC woke up and became literally god. And of course, tons and tons of near miss SA