Religion seems to be normal and many think it's hard-wired into humans.

Maybe organizations are normal, but they are almost always power structures, and we all know what power does. Pretty soon the organization itself becomes more important than whatever they organized for. The American school system, political parties -- which are organized with power in mind -- and corporations, for example.

The Rainbow Family & the Discordians don't seem to be power structures, much, and they're usually considered to be nutsy by the general population. I suspect even they have some members that are More Equal.

There's a good book called "Systemantics" devoted to what inevitably goes wrong with systems. (Note the "n.") It's one of those funny-but-serious books like "The Peter Principle" and "Parkinson's Law." and it's true! True!

clint