I don't think he is paid at all. I can see how a person comes to think like he does all on his own, including the paranoia and inability to separate anything else from it. Because that's the person I was about a decade and a half ago.

Which is why its laughable to think the so called "stormfags" are any different. Especially thinking its some massive conspiracy to undermine even niche little shitposting forums like this, instead of just a bunch of edgy /pol/ fags whose entire mind has been consumed by memes and paranoia. Something you could watch happen in real time on T_D with things like Q and all the other sub-trump conspiracies.