The thing is, humans are possessive, territorial animals. Give schoolkids the choice to pick any desk, many of them will form their own preferences for a certain desk; the same goes for any other space (lunch tables, bar stools, etc). See, her choice of language in that article even tells on herself as such an animal.

But that's the thing, their philosophies hinge on the entire denial of the human animal even existing. The human is just a construct, see.