No, honestly believe that Max is the real deal. I don't think he's lying or a scam artist. I do think that Max is trying to remain optimistic in the face of this decline.  But understand that HOLDers are much more than Max.  I was connected to the Random Tandems Discord channel and there were about 100 people when the price was going up.  

The huge question is whether that community has the patience the maturity to not panic and hold together.  If we get through this, there is a good chance that on the other side, we'll look back at this as just the beginning.  All coins go through this, including bitcoin.