Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20161212202503/@comment-734582-20161213155607

by the way, the uchiha aren't really a clan gripped by hatred if we consider the evidence. Pretty much all of it can be traced to one person: Madara.

Besides it's also not like the Uchiha had no reason to be discontent: they literally saw the entire village adopt the Senju ideology while becoming outcasts in the very village they made. And the Senju have dominated seven generations of Hokage, who are all closely related.

The first and second are related by blood. the third was the student of 1 and 2. The fourth was a student of Jiraiya, who was a student of the Third. The Fifth was a direct student of the Third. The Sixth was a student of the Fourth. The Seventh was a student of the Fifth and Sixth and son of the Fourth.

IE, being hokage is all but guaranteed if you're part of the Senju clique.