From what I've read, the tendency to form cliques or tribes goes back to the hunter-gatherer days, while heirarchy and authority are a newer development that ap

From what I've read, the tendency to form cliques or tribes goes back to the hunter-gatherer days, while heirarchy and authority are a newer development that appeared with the first large agricultural societies. We've all been indoctrinated from birth to a culture of authority to some degree or another, but it continues to feel oppressive to be told what to do all day at work. So you tell people that you're providing them an escape from all that, that you're going to set them free, but the habit of reflexive submission is so ingrained that you can use that urge to enslave them more completely.