Actually nothing wrong at all. Organizations also become kind-of living entities and self-preservation becomes paramount.

Nature maintains balance because it is not invested in the future of any species in particular. Nature cannot be manipulated emotionally. No psychological tricks work.

Society is supposed to play the same role. However, society delegates this responsibility to an elected few. Neither the society nor the elected few are immune from manipulation at different levels.

Summary: The governing system has to be unemotional, like Nature. In such a system, anti-competitive (or any other type) behaviors may yield results in short-term, but over a period of time, such a system becomes a great leveler.

For example, even with all our progress and monopoly over earth's resources, we are just one great flood away from going back to stone age.