He’s probably desperate and confused now, and both of these affect his messages. I wouldn’t trust that he’s now giving a “true”, unfiltered view into his motives—rather, seeing as he has to be lying somewhere, I assume it’s both then and now.
I doubt he consciously knows his own motives in full. None of us do. But what we say, and how we say it, can still inform others about them. And the cynicism, dishonesty and anti-wokeness all seem genuine to me.
He’s probably desperate and confused now, and both of these affect his messages. I wouldn’t trust that he’s now giving a “true”, unfiltered view into his motives—rather, seeing as he has to be lying somewhere, I assume it’s both then and now.
I doubt he consciously knows his own motives in full. None of us do. But what we say, and how we say it, can still inform others about them. And the cynicism, dishonesty and anti-wokeness all seem genuine to me.
I think he’s pretending to be malicious to protect the movement