Or they realize its not a productive strategy. I'm usually the first to notice and verbalize that someone with authority is a useless sociopath and things are

Or they realize its not a productive strategy. I'm usually the first to notice and verbalize that someone with authority is a useless sociopath and things are going to turn out badly. This is never a remotely optimal strategy. Can't tell if other people see it, but realize they can't do anything about it and that talking about it is only going to be negative, or if they're really unaware (or just keep it in a "subconscious" unexamined box because they know that opening it up won't be useful). I'm generally shit at politics, although from time to time I've been able to figure out how to fake it.