I understand your point of view.
I think what we will see from some quarters is that the people following orders had no option but to take part in this wholesale murder of “hundreds or thousands” of people.
If we take this to its logical conclusion, these same people will have no defense against following orders to commit murder (as people maintain) because if that is the defense, they too are murdering for financial reasons, ie they don’t wish to give up their jobs and look for another job in which they won’t be called on to participate in the murder of any number of people.
They are absolutely free to do so, and SHOULD do so if they feel they are being forced by the need for a paycheck to take part in. those murders.
It is their choice NOT to leave. At least Nazi soldiers who were executing people had their own lives that might have been ended if they had stood up and said they wouldn’t do it. If a paycheck is the motivation not to leave, that leaves them with no leg to stand on.
I would like to give an example of what I’m saying, referring to experiences I and others have had in apartment rental.
Apartment hunting involves application fees. I’ve had conversations with people where I’ve told them everything up front in an effort to get an idea of what I’ll be approved for.
These applications are 40 to 120 dollars.
The rejections are immediate. The agents know very well I’ll be turned down, but their bosses require them to sell these applications so the company can cash in on these fees.
That’s evil but the agent isn’t really to blame. They are trying to protect their jobs by doing dirty, underhanded things because they fear being poor and desire like the people who show up looking for apartments.. many with only days to spare before facing homelessness.
Employees are paid just enough to prevent them from moving into another job, not enough to get education to move up, and so much that writing isn’t easy
I’ve said this about the police in these forums many times. Police are paid enough to survive, promised a pension, but not paid so much that they can seek out new skills and move up. Police pay locks them into control of the department. This is why do many cops willingly perform unscrupulous actions when they know they shouldn’t. The wage keeps them locked in very precisely.
Cowardice is key. Most Americans are at this fine balance of consumerism and wage slavery. They’ve grown fearful of raising their voices. But the balance is being thrown off - by government policy. Soon the people will be so weak that violence will once again be an option on the table.
I can elaborate if you wish.