In terms of peer pressure to "go along," this is arguably similar to bosses who look for drinking "buddies" among their subordinates so they can have a "posse" just like rock stars and other celebrities. The bosses defend the practice as "bonding," but woe betide the member of the posse who even tries to switch to a non-alcohol beverage, let alone duck out early when the talk drifts away from business to how much money to stick in the lap dancer's skimpy costume. The classic example has a boss with a bunch of wannabes about 20 years his junior jumping to his every whim ("run across the street and buy me some good cigars; the ones here aren't good enough.")
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