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Eventually, almost any organization distorts from its nominal goal to self-perpetuation. As the numbers get larger, it becomes easier and easier to suggest tha
by rincebrain 11mo ago
Eventually, almost any organization distorts from its nominal goal to self-perpetuation.
As the numbers get larger, it becomes easier and easier to suggest that the organization's continued existence is still a net positive as you waste more and more on the organization bloating.
It's also surprisingly hard to avoid - consider how the ACA required that 85% of premiums go to care, and how that meant that the incentives became for the prices to become enormous.
- potato3732842 11mo ago>consider how the ACA required that 85% of premiums go to care, and how that meant that the incentives became for the prices to become enormous. To be fair, that particular example was obvious from day 1.
- rincebrain 11mo agoSure, it wasn't a surprise how the incentives for that would work out. But it's an excellent example of how something you could see some naive people in good faith claiming is a good thing can be pathologized.