Sounds like we're talking about human nature here. Just the natural instinct for people to form their own opinions and either express, defend, or try to push them. Same thing we find in any other aspect of life and human interaction.

Sometimes in a club it gets to be like the young member who asked about one of our older members and officers "What has he ever done for the club? He's one of those guys who railroads everything through."

A He has been secretary for over 20 years.
B He has been present for almost every work party since he joined the club almost 35 years ago.
C He has made arrangements for dozens of out of field demonstrations, especially for things like civic groups, youth groups, and even schools.
D He has been the comentator for most of our annual public flying shows.
E He has been available for as much as 10 hours a day for every day of the numerous Mall shows we put on before the MBAs decided the open floor areas could be better put to use with Kiosks.
F He has found equipment we needed for various projects that nobody else could find.
G He has many times stated his opinions on various items brought up for open discussion at club meetings.
H He found a company willing and able to print up our monthly newsletters for free, leaving us only the postage cost.
I As an officer, he usually only voted on tiebreakers.
And thats only part of it.

What has the younger questioner done for the club?

a Comes to maybe two meetings a year.
b Complains about the grass not being cut right for his planes.
c Complains that everything is "Railroaded" through.
d Never bothers to vote at the meetings he attends.
e Complains that the field will be shut down for the annual demo "when he has time to fly", but won't sign up to fly for the demo.
f Won't enter the meeting discussions openly, but will whisper with his buddies about the subject.

And we also have similar groupings where you can substitute Younger for Older and Older for Younger.

Like I say, just normal human nature. There's them that try to do something, and them that complain about those that do. And it seems to be getting harder to find them that are at least willing to try.