You have to think thou..
We don't really know what he was going thru or went thru in his life.
Maybe he was a few fries short of a happy meal, maybe he was just a pain in the ass.
Perhaps at one point in his life some kind of mental trauma made him the way he is...Thinking people were bots or spies or whatever was a little odd.
Some people have personality disorders where their actions and thoughts seem normal to them.
Had a friend of 30+ years that seemed like a normal, super outgoing guy. He was a bit jumpy some times and was spooked easily by people coming up behind him, noises, etc.
His mother passed and he just became a recluse and blamed family and friends for "giving up" on him. Completely shut everyone out and I lost touch with him.
We went from being fishing buddies and doing everything fun and stupid together to him not wanting a thing to do with me. He was just angry at the world.
After his passing in 2019 and everyone discussing their life experiences with him it came to the realization that he had/was living with paranoid personality disorder.
His mother passing (who he had living with him for years due to health problems) just sent him over the edge and he gave up on life and family.
You never know what someone is dealing with day to day.
I'd like to think he (Dan) was just a pain in the ass and a instigator.. *shrug*