Many people cannot escape the dynastic cycle inherent in their own lives.

The more mature a system becomes, the more it tends to prioritize its own continued existence. Tools are meant to solve problems, but when the tool itself becomes the problem—something you can't let go of—the cost of maintaining it turns the tool into the end goal rather than a means to an end.

No matter what the original purpose was when a department was first created, as it continues to operate, it will eventually shift its sole objective to proving its own necessity for existence.

That movie starring Xu Zheng, where a laid-off coder ends up delivering food.

They initially bought a house and car to live better, but after losing his job, he took on food delivery just to keep up with the mortgage and car payments, nearly dying from overwork. What was meant to improve his life instead turned him into a slave to his assets. When he lost his job and couldn't afford the mortgage, he still chose to persist rather than let his whole family suffer—but that stubborn persistence is just the dynastic cycle playing out in an individual's life.