Honestly they seem kinda useless to me. Today, they blocked a bridge which just fucked a bunch of normal people over. Everyone I talked to who was affected by it just said it pissed them off and they've now got less interest in XR.
Aside from that they're blocking construction of a high speed rail, and failing miserably. Bunch of builders have to deal with them playing their bongos and climbing trees by the construction site. Feels ineffective.
Getting a generation of potential activist put on a police record before they have a chance to do anything effective is so stupid it has to be psyop. The only other option I can imagine is that it's very elite based and they're just throwing flunkies in the trenches until they get to run the system. Neither option is mutually exclusive either.