Yep. Examples of organisations who achieved their original goals and then said "well, time to pack it up!" are vanishingly rare.
Re:I'm not a Woman in Tech
by ahartman00 on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @03:57PM
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I think this is part of it. I also think that humans are essentially greedy when it comes to progress. I am fortunate to have a nearly limitless supply of clean water, at nearly any temperature I want. Yet I still curse the shower for taking a minute or so to warm up. It just is never good enough, moving the goalposts as you say.
Once the goal of the movement is achieved, that part of their identity necessarily needs to disappear and because this is such a difficult thing to do they simply shift the movement's goalposts to keep their internal purpose alive (usually toward a regressive point).