> I think the problem is that a lot of Americans are incredibly servile and will obey employers, authorities etc., even when it's harmful or dangerous. I agree

> I think the problem is that a lot of Americans are incredibly servile and will obey employers, authorities etc., even when it's harmful or dangerous. I agree with this observation but will temper it somewhat: I know in the school case, and I imagine in the warehouse case too, there’s a person responsible for checking who’s out so they can tell the fire brigade “everybody’s out of the building” or “all but three people are accounted for” which is super important. This is hard to do when people just scatter. None of which excuses what happened to this poor man.