If that was the case there'd be more coherency. There's these days where multiple people are asked a question, each answer is a shocking departure from policy and they all contradict and then an administrator comes out and is like "you're going to bring mining the global supply for rare earth minerals to Ohio?! Geology does not support you my good man".

So not even cynicism is supported by the evidence.

I mean they're also pillaging of course. Incompetent And malice. Both are possible