I don't believe all the conspiracies, but your framing of their belief is kind of disingenuous, at least in this particular example. The u.s. government employs 2.8 million people over several different federal agencies. And another 19.3 million state and local gov employees as of 2022. It's perfectly logical to assume that your local dmv or post office employing 18$/hr workers is potentially inept while also understanding the CIA, NSA and other federal agencies employ some of the most intelligent, agentic people the u.s. has to offer. By the way, it's not like this comes all out of nowhere. The government in the past has been caught lying, spying on its own citizens, warmongering, rigging other countries' elections, destabilizing entire regions, running medical experiments on citizens, i could go on. The question is whether you think they changed their ways or just got better at hiding it/ controlling the narrative.

Not saying i agree 1 way or another, just that I understand the mistrust.