“It creates this utopian fantasy. ‘If we only get rid of this small cabal, we solve all the problems of the world. Salvation!’” he pointed out.

He's not wrong here. The cabal has only been succesful by preying upon humanities weaknesses. As we have seen especially recently, it takes a lot for large portions of humanity to admit they have been wrong about the world.

Scam artists can only be succesful if there are people who can be scammed.