It doesn't have to be all dark, suitcases full of money, cigar smoke filled rooms, and maniacal laughter. You can get the same effective outcome just with misal

It doesn't have to be all dark, suitcases full of money, cigar smoke filled rooms, and maniacal laughter. You can get the same effective outcome just with misaligned incentives over a long period of time and a steady rotation of pressured middle managers creating a ratchet effect. "The evil of banality" to turn the phrase around.