This type of "fight" is quite simple. Pull hard. Keep Pulling. Everyone can see your effort. No cheating.
In life a lot more complicated. Back stabbing. Hidden bias. Discrimination. Unspoken curses. Sabotage. Fight against senior with more power cannot win. Lies. Racial lines. Politics. Who you know versus what you do. Scapegoat.
So he will discover with time.
Sometimes better to go with the flow than to never say die fight fight fight.
Also better to have a poor sense of conscience able to accept grey rather than black and white.