He was using hyperbole The nitwit brigade didn’t understand it. That said, he’s

He was using hyperbole
The nitwit brigade didn’t understand it.
That said, he’s got FU money.
And the Dilbert IP just reverted to him.
This will blow over, and the IP will become valuable again but with him in a better position.
He is free to become a full-time political activist.
So he’s ‘liberated’ by the ‘Canceling’.