To put a fine point on it, he believes in naïveté: People will argue about over what is said (regardless of contradictory behavior) because the general populac

To put a fine point on it, he believes in naïveté: People will argue about over what is said (regardless of contradictory behavior) because the general populace will spend their effort supporting their belief system for/against the argument than acting on the contradictory behavior. Recognizing his actions are contradictory requires a higher level of abstraction.