There is an old saying, mis-attributed to philosopher Eric Hoffer (he never actually said it, but his writings indicate he would have agreed with it wholeheartedly):
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and ends as a racket.”
Back then they were still in the movement era; they have since gone through the how-many-ways-can-I-draw-a-paycheck-from-this “business” phase, and are now in the terminal, don’t-break-my-rice-bowl “defend the racket” phase.
Wow...that is an amazing “quote”.