Stability Motive and Institutional Resistance

"These wall are funny. First you hate 'em. Then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized."
--Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding (The Shawshank Redemption)

People are generally driven by the stability motive. They act to reduce uncertainty and gain predictability.

Effort to change the status quo will be met with resistance for the same reason. Change makers are seen as de-stabilizing the environment. The greater the force for change, the greater the pushback.

Institutions die hard. But in their quest for stability, they will eventually die.