And people aren't necessarily that interested.
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The hyenas were never part of Mufasa's kingdom. He spells this out early on in the film when he says the "shadowy place" they inhabit is "beyond our borders," which implies it's a separate nation-state entirely. The only "oppressing" Mufasa does is when the hyenas leave their territory and trespass into his, which is just ordinary border enforcement. Besides that (and that one little incident where they tried to kill his son), whatever they did in their lands wasn't any of his business.
The hyenas weren't an undercurrent society that festered. They were a separate one entirely that failed, likely as a result of their own stupidity and decadent culture, which by all appearances was incompatible with the Pridelands.' Which is probably why they weren't part of it (and the "circle of life" that went with it).
And unfortunately, you two have now just discussed the politics and power dynamics at a level deeper than anything Disney is capable of anymore. We'll get girlboss Shenzi and absolutely none of this.
At least Shenzi being in charge is accurate for the species. They're matriarchal. Ed and Banzai would be her first and second favourite husbands or something like that. And yeah, in that order, they always refer to Ed for the final decisions.
Which is why they won't be able to resist, and why you're a bigot and science denier if you object.
They tried to kill Simba because HE tresspassed on THEIR land. Border control!
The hyaenas are allowed to do it, too.
Considering everything that happened, clearly it was. Especially as both this movie and the sequel show that the main form of "punishment" him and his son deal out is exiling people there, which gives credence to the idea that they got kicked out just the same as Scar and his pack did (who were citizens of his kingdom).
Regardless, they still did fester, whether they were a former citizen or not. And he left them there fully knowing they did so with outright hatred and lack of respect for him in their hearts, as shown by their attempt on his son. That's why isolationism is a terrible idea, because part of securing your nation and protecting your people also means stamping out groups like that entirely. Rather than let them breed unchecked enough to have numbers of an army and a ticking time bomb of a guy promising them almost nothing to invade and ruin you.
So again, he failed entirely by letting them live. Whether as exiles from his own nation or just the remnants of a dead one, they were openly and obviously a threat to his people and his "out of sight" policy let them ruin it. Double so when they kept exiling fucking psychos among them like Scar or Kira.