The whole "suggestion" thing was a way for a leader to control others yet not be accountable for "suggesting" it.
If someone didn't follow a "suggestion" and something bad happened, it was because they didn't follow the "suggestion".
If someone followed the "suggestion" and something bad happened, well it had only been a "suggestion" and that person followed it by their own free will, the leader didn't make them do it.
Either way, you got yelled at and treated to a temper tantrum from a leader.