Is there a term for "enforcing rules you don't understand"? [duplicate]
This may be what you are looking for -
redtapism: behaviour, practices, or attitudes associated with an excessive adherence to official rules and formalities
It basically refers to unnecessary rules. The "you don't understand" part doesn't fit, I would say.
Example:
Bangladesh, on independence, drastically changed the old complex procedures breeding red-tapism and corruption.