Texas here. There was an influx of techie movers from blue states during the pandemic. Abbott won. Trump won. Even Rafael Cruz won, and no body likes that guy.

If you don’t want to be tracked, don’t go to reddit. Being able to block Google servers won’t do much except that it gives Google information too.

Reddit can still track you via IP address and fingerprint every device you use. Reddit also now blocks VPNs unless you sign in. Signing in also tracks you.

Try a Libreddit instance and see if you like it. But it seems like you are very particular about UX so I doubt you will like it.