Government forces, especially globalised and all-powerful ones are NOT shitting bricks at clever memes

Of course not. But they definitely want to somehow lower any possible influence of freethinkers on public.

They have money. They control money. It is money that talks, not comic strip nonsense.

You underestimate the power of propaganda. With wisely created propaganda you could multiply their money by zero.

Propaganda is a direct influence on people minds. And their fake fiat money exist only in people minds. They have all their money and power only because most people blindly believe in their money and power. If you will be able to propagandize critical thinking, you will be able to destroy their money and power. Memes could be tools of propaganda. So, theoretically, you could trash "them" with memes. Of course I don't see any serious attempts to do it, but I definitely see that memes works to some extent. I don't know how to enhance their efficiency, but I think there should be ways to do it.

So, while I think that government does not shitting bricks at memes, I suppose that they definitely feel some threat even with all their ignorant arrogance.