I went to a private school (posh school) with stupid hierarchies and traditions and boarding school (I didn't board). The shit they did to first years boarding in school (7th grader for yanks) was inhumane - make them lick piss off toilet seat, lick soap off seniors' pubes (srs and no total homo), and tie them down, show em porn to get hard ons then whip them with wet ties in front of female students.
My year was the first year to stand up to the culture en masse and beat the shit out of/not follow this stupid shitty tradition. This was mid/late 90s, but we had a few strong personalities (incl me) who came from normal places and would not accept that shit.
I commented in another thread on this but anyone soft enough to actually follow fuckign a pig or licking piss (granted I'm not a leader of a major country what do I know) is soft enough to bend to anything.