Q Thirty years ago the author, journalist and one-time adviser to Margaret Thatcher, John O’Sullivan, described the behavioural tendencies of non-profit and philanthropic organisations. “O’Sullivan’s First Law” is “All organisations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing”. The reason was “people who staff such bodies tend to be the sort who don’t like private profit, business, making money, the current organisation of society and, by extension, the Western world”. May 20, 2021 https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/libs-are-drifting-towards-sweden-20210519-p57tdr In fact, there are few aspects of modern society to which the law doesn’t apply. There are exceptions, but for every corporation, sporting code and civic institution that’s moved to the political right, 10 have moved to the left. UQ
Q Thirty years ago the author, journalist and one-time adviser to Margaret Thatcher, John O’Sullivan, described the behavioural tendencies of non-profit and philanthropic organisations. “O’Sullivan’s First Law” is “All organisations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing”.
The reason was “people who staff such bodies tend to be the sort who don’t like private profit, business, making money, the current organisation of society and, by extension, the Western world”.
May 20, 2021 https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/libs-are-drifting-towards-sweden-20210519-p57tdr
In fact, there are few aspects of modern society to which the law doesn’t apply. There are exceptions, but for every corporation, sporting code and civic institution that’s moved to the political right, 10 have moved to the left. UQ