Yes, this thought have actually crossed my mind. Some hopeium and dope so that they can continue working on their goals without the potential readers attempting to really do anything.

But one thing for certain is that the "conspiracy", one way or another is becoming mainstream. He talked about Novak being possibly false opposition back in May 2020.

The scenario that comes to mind though is operation "shock and awe" in Iraq 2003, few people know that part of the operation was giving hope to Arabs that Saddam will inflict casualties and put on a glorious battle against the crusaders. This was done through various propaganda outputs which were considered "free and uncontrolled" like Al Jazeera (controlled by the British).

The effect was complete demoralization of any future hope of resistance when they saw how quickly things crumpled!

Time will tell but there is a possibility they are raising our hopes one way or another so that when they later crush them, we are mentally crushed.