Sounds like a young child doesn’t he? Perhaps he is Gen ‘Y’ or ‘X’ or whatever they are called now? In my day as a crusty old Captain you wouldn’t see anything like this. Having a verbal tanty, offloading like an emotional basket case.
There is a place within the equilibrium of life for personal decision making, Group decision making, Unions and so forth. You just have to find your own position and stick to whatever your guiding principles in life are.