This set of people controlled almost every event in the school. If you talk about intelligent people they have them, rich people they had it and they were very influential and little did the teachers know that such group existed in the school and they use the beautiful girls amongst them to win the heart of the poor teachers and showered the teachers with expensive gifts and by that made most teachers to be loyal to them and they pushed their suggestions to the teachers who would ensure that such suggestions gets attention. Though most of the things they did had no much bad influence on the students but for their own interest as ones who makes most decisions, they paid extra just to be noticed and recognized by the entire staff and students.
These group of people are found in government and when leadership comes to them, they would never release it again but ensure that they remain in power at all cost. Because of the love for power, only those who are submissive to their ways and are ready to be controlled by themselves would be allowed to come.
If you want to run for any public office you must meet them and they will give you terms and conditions if you are willing and they let you run and win and you must keep to their directives. Even any of such strong dies, someone from his line would continue because it's now a family/group thing. It's their property so to say and hardly would another join in the decision making group.
I was interested in running a certain office in the student union government, in the university, and few days to the election I was invited by some group of past and present students of the same university telling me to step down for a preferred candidate of their chocolate with other options I could choose from and a minor threat which appeared minor so I don't take it to the university Senate which if I do would halt the elections and I'm sure I won't be able to complete my university education in that school. I asked them why they wanted the office I have campaigned for and had won the heart of the students and you came with someone else why. They said the the powers that be wants to compensate that candidate. I told them to give me 7 hours to take my decision.
Decision making isn't a simple one as we know very well but within the 7 hours I was able to gather enough information and truly the political game players wanted that position and if I refused to step down, I will keep failing some courses without a reason. Now since I know that all they wanted was the position, and haven being given the choice of nominating two other offices and myself going for any other office, my two nominees won't be pay for the forms and it's a big win for me so I gave not for the position but for the sake of my education.
Wisdom is the principal thing.
I applied a little wisdom for the sake of my life and for the degree certificate I have came to obtain. If I refused to step down I will be in fear and if I win I will be in fear and again no one is paid for anything it's just out of charity and for recognition hence I let go.
It's called the powers that be but this oligarchy and it's found every where. In the block chains we have them that no matter how good your content is you won't be above any of their group members and if you try to push hard, the crumbs which is given to you as an upvote would be removed and if you go extra mile to fight back the use the agent of hegemony on the blockchain, downvote. Thanks to the #blurt who feels that freedom none negotiable.
It doesn't matter the how badly the treatment is success is like a runny water nothing can stop it.