As with anything like this, I'd take it with a grain of salt.

For sure, what we've seen this past year or so has been coordinated, and for sure it is driven by more than some simple self-organizing principle like "maximize profits", and for sure they are ramming it home at all costs however it looks and whatever the near-term consequences/losses may be...which is a big tell that it's a key part of a larger strategy.

The one thing I find interesting about this take, is it jives with all the "lockstep" scenario talk about losing confidence in the system (election outcomes, etc.), which always seemed strange to me if you're conversely trying to get people to bow to absolute authority. It makes a weird sort of sense if you are only temporarily trying to get everyone in line (vaccine) to set them up for a complete crisis of faith. Dunno...