Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-101.190.77.122-20150315075903/@comment-25869525-20150404004956

Yes, Clarke may be arrogant, but in her defense, she's not the only one.

For most of Season One, Bellamy played dictator, basing his "leadership" on "I can kick your ass". (But, he seems to have gained some humility since then.)

Abby may have the Chancellor's pin, but I don't recall her getting the mandate. That is to say, I don't recall seeing her get voted into the position; the pin and the position were handed to her.

Kane had the Chancellor's pin as a gift from Jaha, and let the position go to his head too. But, like Bellamy, seems to have humbled since.

Grounders: They are pretty much Klingon rip offs, minus the "funny forehead".

Mtn Men: They saw themselves as the last bastion of the culture that existed before the Big War, and averyone outside of the mountain as "savages". Granted, the Grounders did do a lot to verify that perception, but arrogance is arrogance.