The Iron Law of Institutions is:
The people who control institutions care first and foremost about their power within the institution rather than the power of the institution itself.
Thus, they would rather the institution “fail” while they remain in power within the institution than for the institution to “succeed” if that requires them to lose power within the institution.
This is true for all human institutions, from elementary schools, within business, and throughout the divisions of government across the United States.