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>Most of them seem to be doing it for power rather than for love of the content of their sub.

In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people.

First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization.

Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself.

It is the Iron Law of Bureaucracy that the second group becomes more powerful than the first- and this is why the simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies. Because, by that law, it is.