My guess would be, based on The Gervais Principle and on my predjudice that dissenting opinions aren't viewed favourably and may be detrimental <edit>to your</e

My guess would be, based on The Gervais Principle and on my predjudice that dissenting opinions aren't viewed favourably and may be detrimental <edit>to your</edit> career, that we have a "The emperors' new clothes" situation here. The people authorized to make decisions may be clueless (GP) and the people pointing out possible problems have been gotten rid of. There is a turkish proverb: "The fish starts stinking at the head". The Peter Principle from 1969! might apply too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle