I meant, in the context of Covid, people acting as if they had a switch flipped on them, George Floyd riots, economic stasis, worsening mental health etc.

What if it was all to prepare us for the upcoming incident where killing is required?

Say, a Marxist Revolution, Civil War, and/or WWIII?

And they want us to become mentally unstable so we are more willing to kill human beings in a heat of war?

I always heard of a warning from theorists that a forced draft can be imposed very soon like Russia during WWI and fighting for land with Japan.

If people are unhappy, nihilistic and angry, they would be less likely to reject a forced draft or a violent revolution.