Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone

Self-licking ice cream cone In political jargon, a self-licking ice cream cone is a self-perpetuating system that has no purpose other than to sustain itself.

A screenshot defines the political-jargon term “self-licking ice cream cone” as a system that exists only to sustain itself. The joke comes from applying an absurd ice-cream image to bureaucratic or institutional self-preservation, making it useful as a reaction to pointless organizations and circular processes.

• @eternalclassic / 39379 2023-09-27