Thought to remember

[gsh]

Certain types of politics are so vicious because the stakes are so small.

Comments

[kellfire.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I am SO glad I wasn't drinking when I read this. It is so so so accurate. May I repost to my LJ?

[gsh]

Sure. I paraphrased a quote by Henry Kissinger. The real quote is
"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Heh, I hear that about SCA politics every six months or so.

[margoeve.livejournal.com]

Truer words and all that.

I think this is why I don't go to many regularly scheduled things. It's too easy to get sucked into the vortex of ego and asshattery.

[sappharia.livejournal.com]

So very true.

[free-of-whip.livejournal.com]

If it's any comfort, this is true of nonprofits in general, not just scene ones. I've always assumed this was because people will pull together if they think it will make them money. However, without that motivator, personal agendas run rampant.