Goon work produces nothing, so it is a net drag on the economy. The % of goon jobs increases as wealth inequality increases.
Some amount of goon work may be required due to bad actors stealing stuff, hard to tell what the optimal number is.
Rent seeking is a net drag on the economy as well and goons enable rent seeking.
Trust me.
Defending against and responding to harm almost never produces anything but is almost always necessary to have.
However, if your comment was more aimed at the consultant being an inherently misaligned figure with a larger capacity to do harm than good, I don't completely disagree.
Even the front desk secretary of a mid size tech company has to deal with the occassional deranged person wandering in.
All jobs are made up of numerous tasks, but just because the CEO tidies his desk periodically does not make him a janitorial worker.
e.g. Magical unicorn work, lizardmen work, etc…
It's language, it's describing an abstract concept.
There are an infinite number of possible abstract concepts.