I think people are quite capable of collapsing their civilization without any help from government. This seems to be where we differ: You see a boogeyman in the government, I see people as self-destructive. I view government people as simply a subset of those causing collapse.
Not the Government, the globalists and big tech. Government is just taking advantage of the greed and control the tech and globalists are implementing. But in fact, government is subsidizing much of it with our taxpayer’s money. So they are just as complicit and just as guilty.
Is the driver of a get away car innocent because he “technically” did not actually physically go in the bank and rob it with the others? That is always the government’s defense of these things that enslave us.