State power is ultimately nothing more than the sum of individual compliance. Every bureaucrat and case worker has discretionary power, a job description, and an internal moral compass. If the system only needed mindless execution, it could be run by algorithms. Instead, bureaucrats look the other way because falling in line is path-of-least-resistance easy.
It strongly mirrors the final months of East Germany (GDR): the majority publicly pledged allegiance to socialism even though everyone knew the charade was over. Right after the Wall fell, 90% of party members vanished into thin air. Today, we see the exact same collective lie surrounding corporate employment: everyone pretends a 9-to-5 is the only valid path, and if you can't find a job, you're branded as lazy. Civil servants who perpetuate this outdated game share the blame.
