Without someone complaining, the ones who is leading might not know the mistakes that he mis making. We can't always be a "Yes People" to anything that they've done wrong, we need ti let them know so they can fix it. We should ler them know what people needed most especially these days that life is so hard.
The only thing the complaining does it let the power at the top know just how hard they can push. The governors like Gavin Newsom in California are testing the waters to see how much control they can get away with - they don't even believe the nonsense coming out of their mouth. He went to a dinner with 12+ other parties violating his own 3-family rule and goes on TV the next day to state that mask wearing is now mandatory when outside.
It's only when people stop complaining and pick up pitchforks will they know the border of how far they can push. The complaining is just a relief valve for those on the bottom - with social media being used as valves. The people at the top don't care (hence why they're at the top).
We also have that scenario in our country too. At that time, this Chief Major General celebrated his birthday with a lot of people in that place, the government did not say anything about that and didn't even punish the guy while the other people that violated that protocols went to jail despite their ages. And now he is appointed as the chief of police and he's talking about wearing a mask and following the safety protocols, it is like a slap at the face to the people which is the worst.