To be fair, bodybuilders do lift the lighter weights. Gotta get that high rep range for the pump.
Powerlifters, strongmen, and Olympic lifters lift the heavy weights to get stronk.
Flying insects are not necessarily impossible to control. You can promote the populations of their predators.
The problem is, that usually requires promoting a mixture of amphibians, birds, reptiles, small mammals, and other insects. To do that, you need a habitat full of various plants, trees, and terrains, but vast swathes of land have been turned into dead monoculture, so the predators die out.
They’re making a joke on the word high, there’s really not much else to read into it. It’s a joke. Wave their flags high can mean holding them high up or waving their flags while under the influence.
“to wave their flags of pride high”
The blatant dehumanisation is sickening as well.