Normies don't understand the nature of the enemy. The normie thinks there is an argument to be won or a reasonable compromise that will satisfy everyone then the issue will be put behind them so the work can continue.

The normie doesn't realize that for the Chaos cultists taking control and using the clout/cachet of the project to further their agenda IS their work. The medium is irrelevant, only spreading the virus matters. And along the way the cultists siphon the resources away enriching themselves and their cronies, because cultists won't fight against corruption, and the non-cultists have been purged. Incompetents love the cult because the only thing it demands from them is fealty and no standard of performance.

That makes for an organized coalition of the sadistic, the corrupt, the incompetent, and the deluded against the isolated normal people who just want to be left alone to do something productive.