But how would you truly know whether he's trolling or not. I've had a couple of run ins with him recently and I think it's hard to tell whether he actually believes what he even says but I did think he was being serious at first but now I'm not so sure. I don't think he's mentally ill but rather he either radically believes these things he's saying or does it just to irritate and provoke people as trolls do. I think people who are mentally ill probably don't articulate themselves as well as he does or would devote this much time to such a hobby but unless he confesses to such behavior then I guess we'll probably never know and is pointless even discussing it. He's probably even enjoying such speculation and attention.
We should probably stop trying to play chess with pigeons, though.
As for him being paid to do this activity by some government or organization, I would find that very hard to believe, but we do know some governments have troll armies that try sway public opinion in their favor but they probably do so more subtly.
There's an interesting article about troll armies on Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/fruzsinaeordogh/2018/04/11/the-russian-troll-army-isnt-the-only-one-we-need-to-worry-about/#744212102334
The question is what country would he be an agent of and what is he trying to achieve on this board?
Well there has to be a point when a troll becomes mentally ill. You can't be trolling people your whole life, can you? At least I don't think you can do it without going insane.