People are willing to “follow orders” when it means they keep their jobs, and their pensions. Not really talking about concentration camp goons here, just everyday functionaries and bureaucrats.
When the local politicians say “stand down” for example time and again we’ve seen the law enforcement stand idly by as normal people are assaulted. Sound familiar? It should.
Strangely our universities have the tenure system, ostensibly they cannot be fired for holding certain positions, or saying certain things - yet they have rolled over en masse for all kinds of crazy stuff. That makes no sense.
Especially when the horrific stuff is taking place hundreds of miles from your cities.
Out of sight, out of mind.