No matter how disempowered you are, you can always destroy your thing.

When people feel their authority and power is threatened, that means sometimes they'll take self-undermining actions.

"You think I'm dumb? I'll show you, I'll burn our house down!"

The more that people feel boxed in an unable to exercise agency, the more they will reach towards smashing the whole thing just to feel agency.

Including inventing reasons to justify smashing it if none exist.

This, needless to say, is not a great strategy!