Consider how much damage — physical and mental — that has been done by people who attempt to justify their behavior by the mantra: “I’m just doing my job” .... as if “doing their job” is a valid excuse for not thinking; a valid excuse for not at least considering other factors.
Absolutely, without question.
I used to wonder how totalitarian regimes took hold. How did this happen? One part of it, for example In Europe, particularly after the economic dislocations and revolution, a government job with pension was a very desirable thing. Very subject to political whims. You tell somebody to do something, and they do it.
The alternative is to get fired. Lose benefits, pay, and pension. I think we saw some analogs to this, with the employer or government vaccination requirements for the particular strain of bug with dubious provenance a few years back. Everyone is willing to let their control-freak flag fly if they get the green light from the “authorities”.
The National Socialists in Germany called it Gleischaultung or “coordination”. A streamlining or consolidation of the entire party platform, or “working toward the fuhrer”. It doesn’t need to be written down, people will know what to do. If not, they’ll get told, and do it.
The leftists here have incorporated the same (naturally) - notice how they have the Unified Field Theory, tying everything to palestinians, global warming, nazis, transvestitism and this and that, plus hatin’ all those heebs, destroying the energy supply, etc etc.