I usually watch a modern Simpsons episode and think, "well I don't know what I would've done given that it's all been done before. It had some laughs and is better than other modern shows." But with this episode, I really just wanted my time back and regretted watching it as it soured my beloved Simpsons.
There weren't really any funny moments, and the "funny" moments were either too meta (lady Gaga reference) for a show of this pedigree and completely lacking in "can't help but laugh" humor. The idea of "critical brace theory" really pushed it over the ledge. Do you really think your audience wasn't smart enough to get it? The humor was painfully obvious with no nuance and failed to make comedy out of current politics that are honestly not too funny. So much for harmless escapism.
The episode is ideology and narrative driven rather than character and story driven, which has always been the Simpsons' strong point. The episode description is basically, it's a story about Kirk who turns into an actual fascist dictator as he confronts the schools over policy. That is not character driven or even a slightly believable story for Kirk. It's not even absurd, it's just a bad idea. Let's instead follow a character through an actual journey and leave politics out of it.
There's no personal connection, and it honestly just feels amateurish. It's bound to be looked back on as too timely and not that well done in the first place.