[farmeroy]

To me, it's not even that he is complicit, because it's almost entirely his own doing as he actively makes decisions that lead to worse outcomes, refuses to listen to anyone's advice, and generally digs the hole deeper at every opportunity

[The_Colonel]

It makes sense if taken as a parable of life and humans seeking rules to live by, structure, meaning. It often doesn't make sense, is painful and confusing, but we still go with it.