I have a coworker who has a Sic Semper Tyranus tattoo on his forearm. He's a decent guy who does not work very hard and because he lost his wife to cancer he gets a massive pass on his performance and his regular absenteeism because of his alcoholism. He's also a government employee. That very fact has protected him from being fired. And yet, this guy is mister cognitive dissonance when it comes to the fact that the government has a function and that he is part of that government. He will probably be a key promotee if Project 2025 comes around to smash the administrative state.
And, he had the gaul after he went away for a long stretch in the rehab to tell me "i've hit rock bottom." I told him: "fool, you haven't hit rock bottom until you go to work under the overpass giving sailors handies in exchange for drinking money. This government gig has put you in a cocoon that allows you to live the fantasy that you are struggling."
Anyway...plenty of people out there with this sort of dissonance.