The cabal requires blackmail material to be part of the club. Colleges try to prep students for this with the existence of fraternities and sororities. It’s like putting your kid in tee ball hoping that he’ll be in the majors someday. Frats do the same thing, just not to the same level of sickness. Initiation rites in a frat typically require that the pledges do some sort of embarrassing/self-deprecating act in front of members.