I shudder to think what would become of immense numbers of intelligent and high-minded men and women who at present earn their livelihood by advocating some reform which is very unlikely to be carried, if, by some magician's stroke, all their various measures were to be achieved. The ranks of the unemployed would be swelled most dangerously.
Source: Bertrand Russell: On societies (written in June 8, 1932 and pub. in Mortals and Others, v.1, 1975
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I used ChatGPT to generate an image based on the text above. However, the part describing "immense numbers of intelligent and high-minded men and women who at present earn their livelihood by advocating some reform" didn't quite turn out as I envisioned. Still, with some adjustments, it seems possible to create a more fitting image.
There are quite a few organizations and institutions in the world that might be deemed unnecessary. Many people serve as executives or board members in such entities. However, if those organizations were to fully achieve their objectives, their very reason for existence would disappear, and their officials would lose their positions. Naturally, such things are not ordinarily done. Of course, if the justification for maintaining an organization no longer holds, instead of dissolving it, a new rationale might be created to establish a similar organization under a different guise.
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