There is no grand conspiracy. These people are just stupid.
That's not a 3dchess move, it's just an idiot trying to chew the pieces.
One of the biggest lessons people learn politically is that there are some political conspiracies and some people do have an epic 15d chess move, but 49/50 times their fellow man is just fucking
stupid. Elected officials are more likely to be in the 4D chess realm, but if someone isn't in a government career itself and is blathering hard about politics, then they're likely stupid.
There are only so many smart people in the world. Even then, people can be great at one field but blind in another (Alex seems to just be fat ans stupid though). And since politics is a "tribal"/"team sport", sometimes emotions will get in the way.
Alex was one of the few people I thought was actively malicious instead of just stupid and loud.
He isn't malicious in that he has actual plans or wants to see the world burn, but malicious in the childish narcissist way, where he lashes out at others as soo as his ego or feelings are hurt and can't control the situation. So, short sighted emotional anger and volatile rather than a long term planner.
Not sure if that increases or decreases my faith in humanity.
On one hand, the lowering of active malice and decrease of worrying about your fellow man plotting against you is nice. On the other, worrying that your species as a whole is capable of making bad choices more often than you realize out of sheer stupidity and you have to trust these people not to accidentally fuck something up is a hard pill to swallow. It is a bit of an existential crisis on how humanity made leaps and bounds but still can be dumbasses. I think classifying it as something out of your hands is best, and choosing to do the best you can, support others who aren't stupid, and live laugh lolcow at people like Alex here is the best play.
The earliest writings in Mesopotamia and various Roman & Egyptian graffitis have documented that humans have been dumb for a long time and have survived still. Take that as a comfort.