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He is purely a hype man, and many people are too gullible/invested/dumb to see it, call him on it, or care.

What difference does that make at this stage of things?

All the difference. The difference between what is real, what is possible, what is plausible, what is feasible, and what is mass delusion.

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire