This should be some sort of codicil to Conquest's various laws. Non-profit/NGOs, no matter what their stated purpose, end up being corrupt institutions whose primary purpose is grift meant to enrich only themselves and their clients (e.g. any organization ever created by lefties).
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” (Not a direct quote, but a paraphrase of Eric Hoffer.)
Jerry Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy is also apt: In any bureaucratic organization, there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization and those who work for the organization itself. The second group will always gain control.
This is why one should doubt the devotion of the "hard liners" in Iran. After so many decades I assume the people in charge are less the true believers and more the people who are good at saying what true believers would say and playing the game (which true believers are bad at, always)
AND another way to look at it is that the SPLC was so successful in their stated mission(s) in eradicating racism they had to create racism just to stay relevant and/or they followed the lead of President Hussain Obama in ginning up reluctant Americans to a narrative they are racist. You know "White Guilt".
It looks like the left is circling the wagons around the SPLC and wants to preserve it. Seems like it would make more sense to spin off the money into clean groups and start over without the baggage. What is the attachment the left has to the SPLC when it is obvious even from a cursory review of its history and finances it has always been a scam? Was it just an easy way for the left to compile an enemy's list and use it to persecute people?
To my undying ire, my kind mother was one of the naive dupes that the SPLC ripped off by scaring the crap out of her (she also gave money to some scam Native American "charity").
This is the sane MO as the climate scammers who scare children and older saps by promoting the climate apocalypse which keeps the money rolling in to their institutes.
It is sad that making people scared and miserable is so profitable.
"I notice that among intelligent but naive young people of a scientific bent, there is a recurrent assumption that once the facts get out, then everything will change. If the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment about the speed of light turns out negative, then the Newtonian model is shattered and eventually there must be a paradigm shift to Einsteinian relativity.
But that’s not the way it works in public affairs, where control of The Megaphone is what matters because most people can’t remember much. You have to repeat the facts over and over and over to have any chance of ever moving the needle."
This is the harshest truth about human nature. It's why priests have to repeat the same message every week at church. Changing the world is not just discovering the truth, it's about making that truth a normal part of people's lives - something they hear constantly repeated.
What has Trump's father got to do with this?
Nice try, Trump's father.
10/10 this account is located in Montgomery.
I was just thinking ADL is probably as much a joke as the SPLC.
This should be some sort of codicil to Conquest's various laws. Non-profit/NGOs, no matter what their stated purpose, end up being corrupt institutions whose primary purpose is grift meant to enrich only themselves and their clients (e.g. any organization ever created by lefties).
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” (Not a direct quote, but a paraphrase of Eric Hoffer.)
Jerry Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy is also apt: In any bureaucratic organization, there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization and those who work for the organization itself. The second group will always gain control.
This is why one should doubt the devotion of the "hard liners" in Iran. After so many decades I assume the people in charge are less the true believers and more the people who are good at saying what true believers would say and playing the game (which true believers are bad at, always)
A good point.
"Barbarella’s coronation gown?"
I'm crying
Some great writing Steve.
Sailer Persuades; Laudatory Cheers. 👍
Alex Jones was right again...
AND another way to look at it is that the SPLC was so successful in their stated mission(s) in eradicating racism they had to create racism just to stay relevant and/or they followed the lead of President Hussain Obama in ginning up reluctant Americans to a narrative they are racist. You know "White Guilt".
It looks like the left is circling the wagons around the SPLC and wants to preserve it. Seems like it would make more sense to spin off the money into clean groups and start over without the baggage. What is the attachment the left has to the SPLC when it is obvious even from a cursory review of its history and finances it has always been a scam? Was it just an easy way for the left to compile an enemy's list and use it to persecute people?
Good point. One things for certain the left will never drop their racial grievance strategies
Gonna spam the entire internet with links to this one. Get ready, Steve!
I wonder if any enterprising shyster attorneys have thought to start recruiting plaintiffs for libel suits against SPLC for the Hate list
To my undying ire, my kind mother was one of the naive dupes that the SPLC ripped off by scaring the crap out of her (she also gave money to some scam Native American "charity").
This is the sane MO as the climate scammers who scare children and older saps by promoting the climate apocalypse which keeps the money rolling in to their institutes.
It is sad that making people scared and miserable is so profitable.
"I notice that among intelligent but naive young people of a scientific bent, there is a recurrent assumption that once the facts get out, then everything will change. If the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment about the speed of light turns out negative, then the Newtonian model is shattered and eventually there must be a paradigm shift to Einsteinian relativity.
But that’s not the way it works in public affairs, where control of The Megaphone is what matters because most people can’t remember much. You have to repeat the facts over and over and over to have any chance of ever moving the needle."
This is the harshest truth about human nature. It's why priests have to repeat the same message every week at church. Changing the world is not just discovering the truth, it's about making that truth a normal part of people's lives - something they hear constantly repeated.