Governments are an organizational body that govern people, in democratic countries its the people who govern the people. They get corrupted and have flawed human nature but "the government" is there for many reasons.

The federal reserve, the money monkeys who have become criminals, are the ones printing money - unelected. They are not the government.

I can assure you many people who work for the government are not fans of inflation and do not earn as much as the conglomerates do, who bribe people in government.

I agree that they want fake safety but that doesn't exist either way. Low volatility and predictable currency is very good for societies as you have a benchmark for future value and can therefore exchange work.

Gold often drops at crashes, not because it becomes less valuable but because cash (or specifically liquidity) is king. Bitcoin hopefully changes this but it cannot replace functional and accountable governments - that's for the people to decide and act upon.