It's a natural reaction to the unpleasant realisation that the people in power are also only human.
Wait, hang on, no.
That's the funny thing with animist/polytheist mythologies: even gods and similarly powerful beings are often as flawed as humans are. In some cases, their flaws take truly absurd proportions (divine proportions, you could say), just take a look at how dysfunctional the Greek pantheon is.
Lissen here, you~!
The powers-that-be of Gensokyo, and that's really all you can think of!?This ain't going anywhere!!That's our Reimu!You just watch! I'll take her in! I'll have her re... reho... rehabilitated before you know it!Yeah, listen to the Hakurei!That's literally just drunken bluster!!Reimu looked sooo coool. Ahh... Really the voice of authority...!These are the people who control our lives...Ah.It seems... she's finished hanging up the laundry.
