In this day and age anyone who owns a computer, or cell phone, can be “compromised”. What if you were shown things “they” had found on your computer that you know was planted and was enough to send you to prison for life? Or could destroy a loved one?
So you say “Okay. I’ll resign and go away quietly.”
And “they” say “No. We want you to stay right where you are. But you work for us now.”
I believe that’s the only possible explanation for why people turn so quickly. Plus, you might even be allowed to get rich in the process.
Again, you realize you can’t beat ‘em so you join them. Either willingly. Or through coercion.
I agree on that, though it seems most of us are human enough to have our own strings that they can pull.