In times of war the government could be deceptive and straight up lying, and it’d become hard to know what is real anymore. Can you imagine what the government is making you do?
“Kafkaesque” Horrors:
The offices of large corporations can be a near infinite string of paradoxes and flawed systems, and perhaps not even the people at the top of the chain know what the hell is going on all the time. The fact your work defines your life and you need to sacrifice so much for it, that makes it a source of existential dread.