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Within the group there is moral immunity. Hazing is a ritual that bestows upon you this prize. E.g. interview committees and police brotherhoods. Each individual wants to be better than everyone else via 'right to judge' but ironically has to sacrifice their individuality.

The moral immunity is a blindness similar to how a knife cannot cut itself. Everyone thinks they're speaking for the group and preserving the good.

The cost to this moral immunity is that you have to constantly be aware of your position in the herd as it moves. It's like having someone else constantly be telling you how and where to walk.

A herd always has a boundary, the 'outskirts' of the group. As they jostle and try to push inwards others are pushed outwards in a zero-sum manner. Or, the herd can grow. Constant growth allows those at the boundary to bask in the admiration of fresh new grads and interns.