Robert Conquest’s Three Laws of Politics

From here and here.

1. Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.
2. Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing.
3. The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies.

Why might these be true?

1. Head over heart where it's important.
2. Eventual capture by the many idealists with a retributive agenda.
3. Regulatory capture.

Good though, aren't they.