My gut tells me he's part of the "karmic liberation" process malignant actors use to justify their misdeeds. If you are told plainly what is happening, and do not resist it, then what follows is ultimately on your head.

That's just a gut feeling, though. I don't have any special insider information into the man. Regardless of whether he's controlled or not, his actions have done a great deal to wake people up to the darker realities underpinning our society, and I would deem that more a boon than a hindrance. Even if some of the information he gives is misleading, it still starts people on the path of looking away from the shadows on the cave wall and finding their way up towards the light.