Okay pardon my French, but why the fuck should I or anyone else care about that?

Literally, literally, your point is that they are actively malicious and purposely working with the specific intent to harm the power and rights of the population in order to serve billionaire masters. I literally gave you a potential reason (one that I think is immoral, personally) I’ve heard as Democratic strategy from Democratic strategists. Make the people feel the pain brought by Republicans fresh just before an election, so that they’ll get votes. That’s an alternative theory, like you asked for.