I was involved in scouting as a boy in the mid 70’s, and even then it became a numbers game, with my troop pushing membership at all costs, waiving age and other requirements to get recognition for being the “fastest” and “largest” growing troop in our council. I left shortly after all that.
Yep, I saw it first-hand from the inside, and refused to cooperate with a corrupted institution which gave me 9-10 wonderful years, as a youth.