“Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail.”
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Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?
Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action.
The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.
To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse.