It's unfortunate in that when human beings form ANY kind of group function, there tends to be some negative politics involved. It's not surprising that a lot of people struggle when it comes to navigating the politics that take place in so many groups. Same game, different place tends to be pretty common. In all honesty, the saying "it's not what you know but who you know" is so incredibly true.

Bottom line, human beings evolved from apes/primates that could be extremely violent. It's always about "resources". Any group that consists of some alpha group, and there always is one, will look for anything that can pose a threat to "sustaining their resourses" which includes power and control. If someone chooses to walk into any classroom and challenge a teacher and whatever that teacher is doing in HIS/HER classroom, that person is asking for trouble, it's just that simple. This is true for ANY situation that is connected to an organized group. There is always an umbrella that everyone hovers under and looks to protect that umbrella. That umbrella is a resource for all who hover under it. While there is often a human resources department if there is a big enough unbrella, that department is always set in place to "protect" the umbrella it too hovers under.

It's unfortunate in that there are people who are "not" good people that can hover under some unbrella. However, these individuals typically find some way of contributing to what is needed to keep that unbrella in place. In one instance a member shared how they had a legitimate grip, yet, when they were judged by 12 individuals, they lost the battle. Unfortunately, the reason that did happen was loyalty to the umbrella itself and that happened to take presedence which often does happen. This all stems back to the fact that human beings evolved from apes/primates that could be very cruel and violent because of the limited amount of resources they had to contend with.