What you're describing more often applies to retail and service workers whose pay provides little incentive to do more than the absolute minimum to maintain employment.

Whereas it seems this might be a situation where the situation is actually inverse: being paid enough to not care.

Oh people care, it’s just - the likelihood of being held responsible in the current USA political climate is moot.

Americans can’t even agree on persecuting pedophiles, what makes you think they can agree on a clear loss of privacy for the normies that only people in power will only benefit from?

It’s all exhausting

I really would not assume that the spokesperson knows the true technological implications. As a Software Engineer, who has talked to people in marketing and PR from various companies, they know how much upper management tells them unless they independently research or understand, you can really tell when you start talking technical to them or asking them questions (based on business needs). I would assume it is very likely that they are oblivious.

In this case wouldn't it be paid enough to [deliberately] not care?

What do you mean? It's a depressing thought people only care about things for financial incentive.