I don't think every ELO~N cultist is a bot, far from it. Way before this shit was going on, the sales pitch of "humans must become an interplanetary species" was almost 14 words levels of repetitive and consistent among the true believers as a sort of passphrase.
Both grifters, Chris Roberts and ELO~N alike, peddle to human vulnerability and dreams and yearning. It hurts because I did have a childhood wonder about the cosmos and a fantasy of somehow getting out there to explore it.