The professional managerial class represents neither traditional left nor right ideology (neither progressive nor conservative.) They are pseudo-capitalist oligarchs who favor government intervention over free markets. (Interestingly, the best way to make money -by a good capitalist- is to claim independence and risk while being stability funded by the government.)
While claiming progressivism, managers/bureaucracies create hierarchical power structures rather than supporting true individual rights (progress based on merit). Meanwhile, they reject conservative values of authenticity and moral character in favor of institutional conformity (akin to religious alignment or socialist doctrine, but more sociopathic fraternity without belief or ideology).
This class (the PMC) embodies a nihilistic bureaucracy that prioritizes order and control while suppressing human creativity and values.
Their confused pragmatism makes sense only when viewed through the lens of power dynamics: a pyramidal authority system where advancement means trading individual enlightenment for corporate conformity, that is a sadistic mundanity.
(spurred by NS Lyons)