It still baffles me why groups of people can't see this coming for them, time after time. (I have even seen it even be apparent in very small groups of 6 people

It still baffles me why groups of people can't see this coming for them, time after time. (I have even seen it even be apparent in very small groups of 6 people where people in the minority actively voted against their own best interests only to be saved by a benevolent dictator.)