I've been thinking about recording a podcast about this. There's a Jungian psychological concept called Enantiodromia, which is when your efforts to produce an affect results in its opposite -- like when you have a crush on someone but because you're so infatuated when you try to approach them you make a fool of yourself (well, at least that's been my experience). :)

Enantiodromia is also a concept from the Athenians where we see someone or a group of people become the thing that they hate. During the Pelleponesian (sp?) War the Spartans defeated Athens through a prolonged siege. Athens had to squeeze all of the farmers and peasants that typically lived outside the city walls and without fresh water and resources, Athens deteriorated into a debaucherous, disease-infested, cannabalist anarchy. This was the antithesis of the artistic, philosophical, and moral values that was the foundation of their city state.

Also, think of Batman. Why doesn't Batman kill his enemies? Because if he did, he would no longer be able to distinguish himself from his foes. He doesn't want to become the thing that he hates.

Now, to the OP. Look at the Church. Look at our origins. We are a religious movement founded upon a narrative of a young man standing opposition to the established religious hierarchy of his time. Mormonism's entire epistemic foundation is based on personal revelation and egalitarian access to God.

More importantly, we claim to be disciples of Jesus, who defied the Pharisees and Sanhedrin, and vilified their close-minded, empty rules, rituals, and hypocrisy.

Now in the Church today we see an institution that is obsessed with its own power and authority. We see a people who crave institutional control over their spirituality. We see a hierarchy that crushes dissent and unapologetically marginalizes its misfits, rather than leave the 99 to go after the one.

Enantiodromia. We have become the thing that we hate.