I read a few of you replies. I had access to some special information a couple of times over the years while serving. My experience confirms much of what I saw you post here. I look for information to 'disprove' what I think. I'm trained in things like confirmation biases.
To go further in what your saying or thinking, I think the question is, Who will be profiting from all this fuss/corruption/covid/etc over the longer time frame?