Whether the government can create catastrophes or not, you should at least understand why they would do it. Our peril gives them an excuse to sell us whatever they want; they destroy our self reliance so that they can have more control over us. We should call it "rape", but tons of people give consent to it.
It's the job of public schools to manufacture useful idiots, and it's the media's job to feed us our next gaslit idea to regurgitate. Biden voters haven't had a free thought since maybe Dubya was in office.