Indeed. Let them wonder who's a True Believer, who might have been a plant the whole time, and who has become a turncoat.
"They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find...and it's themselves. And all we need do is sit back...and watch. And we'll go from one to the other and let them destroy themselves."
I thought of the same damn episode. Sterling was way ahead of his time. Just waiting for his next prophesy to come true, The Obsolete Man.......or The Deplorable Man in this case.
"You are a Conservative! You do not believe in the State. As a Deplorable, you are OBSOLETE!