Historically, create problems, sell solutions is the point most long-standing instutitions (media, government, business, etc) reach, and also when those institutions are undergoing rapid change (e.g. revolution) from within.
Not sure how that is relevant as the people all doing this claim to be outsiders draining the swamp. Historically the US realized that having a civil service works way better than political firings every 4 years.
It is intentional. The oligarchs will be more than happy to sell us solutions to the problems they're creating.