The first principle of a bureaucracy is to perpetuate itself. Greenfield exposes the evil that thrives just under the skin of government. It intends to destroy all that it touches. We are in the thrall of government that has become our worse nightmare and our greatest enemy.
All the several states have to do is..... stop sending checks.
No taxation without representation.
Let the courts try to prove we are sufficiently represented.
Jerry Pournelle codified the essence of what Greenfield discusses here with Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy:
In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people:
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.
All the rest the Greenfield discusses here falls out as corollaries from the above essential maxim.
Great article - I just rewatched 1984 this week- The money line is and always be (which we better all come to terms with sooner than later): The purpose of Power is Power. (Control is just another word for power). If you don’t go along enthusiastically, you will be crushed...and even then, we may still crush you because we can.
Our Bureaucracies have been infiltrated by the Leftists for a long time now, and none of our elected leaders have done anything about it- The Fix is in. Civil disobedience is the only thing left to us guided by our trust and belief in our Lord & Savior, Jesus.