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Makes me think of this timeless and excellent quote by Oscar Wilde: “The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”
by sethjgore 4mo ago
Makes me think of this timeless and excellent quote by Oscar Wilde:
“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”
- antonvs 4mo ago*Commonly attributed to Oscar Wilde. There doesn't appear to be any definitive source for it. The quote actually reads like a summary of Parkinson's Law, that bureaucracies inherently tend to grow because officials create work for each other another and seek to increase their numbers. But the exact quote doesn't appear in Parkinson's original essay. Quote from that essay: "Factor 1: An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals; and Factor 2: Officials make work for each other." -- https://archive.org/details/parkinsons-law-the-economist https://archive.org/details/parkinsons-law-the-economist
- glitchc 4mo agoI suggest reading the book if you can get your hands on a copy. It's a short and highly entertaining read: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/parkinsons-law_c-northcote-parkinson/299398/item/ https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/parkinsons-law_c-northcote-par...
- BurningFrog 4mo agoGreat sounding quotes of unclear origin are usually attributed to Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, or a few others. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Misquotations https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Misquotations