That’s a lie we tell children so they think the world is fair.

A Marxist reading would suggest alienation, but a more modern one would realize that it is a bit more than that: to enable modern business practices (both good and bad!) we designed systems of management to remove or reduce trust and accountability in the org, yet maintain as similar results to a world that is more in line with the one you believe is possible.

A security professional though would tell you that even in such a world, you can not expect even the most diligent folks to be able to identify all risks (e.g. phishing became so good, even professionals can’t always discern the real from fake), or practice perfect opsec (which probably requires one to be a psychopath).