With that theory ignores is the third group who is actively trying to take control of the organization to twist it to their personal benefit.
That's what the second group is. The first group is trying to do work. The second group is trying to amass power for personal benefit.
There's a corollary argument he would later make that as an organization grows, the second group will outnumber the first group. It's not a polemic against government. It's a warning against any organization getting too large.
I think it fits here:
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
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"Lashed out" = Filed a lawsuit with the European court
"Attacked" = Issued a press release detailing their court case.
Coming soon:
"Murdered" = Made a compelling argument in open court
"Nuked from orbit" = Motion for continuance
"Slaughtered" = Won a court motion
"Destroyed" = Favorable court ruling
"Strangled" = Disagreed with loosing a motion
I'm convinced my high school French language classes were skewed away from learning useful skills and biased in favor of writing skills because it made it easier to test.
Aren't writing skills useful? In my experience, writing, reading and speaking ability are usually tied together.
Houston has the most stable housing prices of any city in the US. Houston does not have any zoning restrictions. If housing prices go up, developers tear down strip malls and build apartments. If commercial prices go up, they tear down low density housing or commercial property and build high-density commercial property. That is a functioning market.
People like to rag on Houston as not a nice place to live, but you can, at least, afford to live there.
I need to buy some commodity item. A cable. A weird light bulb. Replacement air filters for the furnace. The workflow is simple:
1. Look the item up on Google, check prices at the local places (Home Depot, Target, Micro Center, Wal-Mart, Lowes, etc...)
2. Look the item up on Amazon.
If I must have it immediately, I buy it locally.
If it's a lot cheaper on Amazon and I don't need it right away, I buy it on Amazon.
If Amazon isn't that much cheaper than buying local, I'll buy local.
It's not hard. It takes about two minutes to research this stuff. Shopping around used to involve calling or driving to multiple stores. Now I can do it from my couch.
I'm not sure what's getting worse here.
I'd agree with you 100% if these people were criticizing Klein. For the videos he is suing for, they were not. They were sniping his stream. Meaning, they were rebroadcasting his stream with no commentary or communication of any kind, so they would get the views instead of him. I've seen the videos of the people he is suing. They said, basically, "Here's his stream! This guy is an idiot." And that was the extent of the criticism. Some walked away from the camera and ate dinner while rebroadcasting his stream.
The mods he is suing were organizing and promoting the snipe streams. They also didn't offer criticism beyond "Let's snipe Ethan he's a jerk."
I don't like anybody involved here. I'm not a fan of Ethan Klein either. But the people who make nothing new and snipe content are bottom feeders and need to be kicked off the internet. I'm fine with criticism and commentary channels. The sniping, though, needs to stop.
Think lucky. If you fall in a pond, check your pockets for fish. -- Darrell Royal