Which is why in the next breath he fully acknowledges his powerlessness, and that he just wants to piss people off. They don’t even try to lie about motive any more. They fully understand that the programming has been done and facts no longer matter. Hell, why would anyone clearly violating your rights, care at all for your rights? They’re simply trying to provoke the fight to begin, so they can justify a totalitarian crackdown as an act of national defense.