tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post7719857930093067679..comments2023-12-28T22:56:36.259+00:00Comments on Owsblog...: Oxfam overload...Span Owshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-25018234603141632172018-02-17T00:24:12.584+00:002018-02-17T00:24:12.584+00:00Hi Ted, thanks. I agree, reading about it it may w...Hi Ted, thanks. I agree, reading about it it may well have developed from Michels' Iron Law of Oligarchy.Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16962681.post-76690853866480567092018-02-15T14:01:27.343+00:002018-02-15T14:01:27.343+00:00I accept your reference to the "Iron Law of O...I accept your reference to the <i>"Iron Law of Oligarchy"</i>, but what this, so many other charities, and virtually all state-run enterprises and departments, follow much more closely is the <i><b>"Iron Law of Bureaucracy"</b></i>:-<br /><br /> <b>Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy</b><br />In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.com