When a new bureaucracy or organization is first formed it isn't an established route to power so it will tend to be filled with people interested in pursuing th

When a new bureaucracy or organization is first formed it isn't an established route to power so it will tend to be filled with people interested in pursuing the goals it was created for by default. As it continues to exist, however, it attracts people who see it as just a job and people who are interested in power tend to find their way into positions of power within it. I don't think this is a hopeless struggle but you do actually have to struggle if you don't want to see entropy extract its due. The private sector has an advantage here as long as sclerotic organizations are allowed to fail.