The irony is that knowing all the other things that were going on during that period, it sure is good that they were not at all artificially promoted for social engineering purposes, and we can totally be sure of that without any shred of doubt or question.
.. what new kind of conspiracy theory BS is this, that George Martin was a lizard?
Artificially promoted (by who?) for (what) social engineering purposes?
And frankly, isn't all promotion artificial?