Well, they try, but artificial creations always lack the full complexity of the thing they're attempting to copy.
I've long found it funny that the political left is led by people like Hillary and Biden who have long documented histories of hating their voter base.
I think one of the largest unrecognized underlying causes of our movement is that most of us were the abused children on the early Internet. It isn't just a theory to us. We lived it.
They very much do prefer it, except for the fact that a completely artificial world doesn't actually DO anything.