Others will gladly take the jobs of the recalcitrant and support the patriotic front. Workers may question the wisdom of decisions, but they have precious little information with which to formulate an assessment of the morality of operations in the prevailing climate of national strain. Unusual protocols are always required in order to subdue the enemy. Changes occur with amazing haste. What might have been unthinkable the previous year is quite routine at the moment.
Eventual victory demands present sacrifice.
Violence and the preparation for violence escalate. Workers become increasingly disconnected from themselves and their questions. Because both job and national security are so fragile, workers increase their reliance upon those who are poised to see farthest from the top. Workers, fearing for their safety, opt neither to ask themselves nor one another why the present course of action is to be considered the best alternative. Without access to official intelligence, their questions will not be addressed.