This is not pure subjective speculation. Pure speculation would involve no empirical evidence. The q drops themselves are empirical evidence.

But to clarify, I'm talking about the [Q deployment of drops to the chans] as "the Q operation". I think its obvious to most anons that the dropping of drops by Q team is/was clearly an operation, and probably definable as a psyop (a very good psyop!). By all appearances, that operation or aspect of "the Plan" appears to have reached its active conclusion in December of 2020, albeit with a few follow ups for whatever reason.

Consider: 13 drops posted during a 6-month period in 2022 (assuming these are in fact bona fide Q) (avge = 2 drops per month) vs 4953 drops during a 38 month period Oct 2017 to Dec 2020 (avge 130 drops per month). And, no drops at all since Nov 2022.

So I'm talking about the Q operation as "The deployment of drops to the chans for the purpose of triggering and generating a great awakening via the 'biggest intel drop' operation ever on the boards".

If your definition of the "Q operation" is the entire US-based White Hat Plan to overthrow the Cabal and its iron grip on the USA and the world, then 100%, it's not over baby!!! No way!!!! On that perspective, I think you and I would agree?

I hope that clarifies things.

As for bad people still directing nearly all aspects of society, I think that is arguable and debatable. Many, many things have been happening behind the scenes (that is, not at the center of the narrative war, but underneath the narrative war), as far as I can see, so I'm not all that confident that the Cabal and the bad guys are in as much control as it appears on the surface (aka the narrative layer).