If you actually read what he says[1] as opposed to some ultra-right-wing blog that picks up a soundbite and makes a diatribe out of it--, you'll find that he says that "the-stake-doesn't-make-mistakes" is what people expect, not that it's actually true. People expect, demand, that regulations and decisions are bulletproof and that's one of the causes of bureaucracy.

Which is undoubtedly true, it's a cover-your-ass mentality that also exists in corporations, but governments absolutely excel at it.

[1] they didn't really get it either, but at least they quote it in context: https://finanzmarktwelt.de/robert-habeck-zeigt-erschuetternd...