The Duality of Muse

So what do people think, just whose side are Muse on? Either way, their music has been a big influence on me over the years and it would not stop enjoying their music. A recent commenter stated that their latest album 'The Resistance' was a joke and they are mocking mind control conspiracy theorists, but I don't buy that and I don't hear it in the lyrics personally, maybe I am being naive and