&gt;Do the agents not ever question what they&#x27;re doing morally?<p>Somewhat perhaps, but the victims are morally inferior to the agents, so the ends (career advancement for the morally superior agents) justify the means (unjust oppression of the inferior). It&#x27;s a lot like when Islamist terrorists justify the killing of kafirs; but it&#x27;s okay in this case because the injustice is committed by educated people wearing nice clothes, and for a good reason (justice!, or the children, maybe? or something else which I can&#x27;t recall at the moment but I&#x27;m sure it&#x27;s good for America).