It also does since those calling the shots are not just some community members among others that just happened to start the project, but people with job security working on the language, with the money of the biggest sponsor of the language behind them, hosting the infrastructure, doing conferences, and so on.
So it's not a level playing field with another contributor.
It does if those calling the shots aren’t the committers but their bosses.
I’m not saying that’s how it is, but if it is, it changes things a great deal.