This is the correct way to view it.
The other thing I notice is that people will say, "The government (or Biden) is so stupid. They just passed a new law that will screw everything up."
They are NOT stupid. They know exactly what they are doing.
Indeed. They do appear stupid. Or senile. Or both. But it’s not their brains at work anyway. They were selected for just having enough mental capacity to read the scripts shoved in front of them. To obey orders and nothing more.