“In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. Examples in education would be teachers who work and sacrifice to teach children, vs. union representative who work to protect any teacher including the most incompetent. The Iron Law states that in all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions.” PeopleWritingKindChildrenPersonsTwoStatesWould BeLawGoalTeachCasesTeacherSacrificeExampleTypeProtectGainsOrganizationFunctionUnionsIncludingInvestingIronRepresentativesIncompetent Author:Jerry Pournelle
“Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim at, Prudence ensures the rightness of the means we adopt to gain that end.” MenWellsMeanEndsMoralVirtueGainsPerformancesFunctionAimDeterminePrudenceMoral Virtues Author:Aristotle
“You love the person for who they are, flaws and all. You can't help who you love, either. It comes from a different side of your brain than the logic part that tells you that this person is horrible for you - "You should walk away!" While you're walking away, the other part of your brain is trying to gain control of your bodily functions. "Turn around! She's the one!"” ShouldTryingPersonsDifferentHelpingTurnsSidesWalksBrainWalkingGainsLogicFunctionHorribleFlawsWalking AwayDifferent SidesBodily Functions Author:Jim Carrey
“Each time we deny our female functions, each time we deviate from our bodies' natural path, we move father away from out feminine roots. Our female bodies need us now more than ever, and we too need the wisdom, the wildness, the passion, the joy, the vitality and the authenticity that we can gain through this most intimate of reconciliations.” NeedsBodyMovingJoyPassionFatherNaturalPathGainsFemaleRootsFunctionDenyAuthenticityIntimateFeminineVitalityReconciliationWildnessDeviateFemale Body Author:Sarah J. Buckley
“Another technique for fending off suffering is the employment of the displacements of libido which our mental apparatus permits of and through which its function gains so much in flexibility. The task here is that of shifting the instinctual aims in such a way that they cannot come up against frustration from the external world.” WorldWaySufferingGainsTasksFunctionAimCome UpTechniqueEmploymentFrustrationPermitFlexibilityShiftingDisplacementLibido Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
“[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular revolution, then constructing a "Red bureaucracy" that would be one of the worst tyrannies in history, while others would recognize that power lies elsewhere and would serve as its apologists, becoming mystifies, "disablers," and managers while demanding the right to function in "technocratic isolation," in World Bank lingo.” WorldStatesWould BeLyingWorstRevolutionBecomingExpectationsGainsRedFunctionIncludingTyrannyManagersIsolationElsewherePredictionsBureaucracyWorld Bank Author:Noam Chomsky