Seems to be the latter.
Don't bother trying to engage in a rational argument with Injin, his "special" brand of thinking cannot be challenged.
Just put him on Ignore and save yourself a lot of wasted time.
Trying to debate with Injin is a waste of time. He just goes on and on until he exhausts the patience of those trying to reason with him.
There's a reason he has nearly 40,000 posts. It's mostly through wearing down other HPC members.
Just put him and the other trolls on this thread on IGNORE.
I'll give it a go.
Deploy Trident submarines off UK coast. Fire all missiles. Elevate surface crust of UK into stratosphere. Begin again from scratch.
Probably too many letters.
It'd work though, problem solved!
Self-sufficiency is probably a bit too much like taking responsibility for your own life for some, hence not being dependent on the largess of a quasi-socialist state.