C. West Churchman exposed the indifferentist position of some researchers — planners belonging to this school in the following terms:
And if our clients blow up the world, land us in starvation or totalitarianism, that is too bad, but we remained pure in heart to the last, didn't we?
p. 412 as cited in: Bogdan Mieczkowski, Oleg Zinam (1984) Bureaucracy, ideology, technology: quality of life East and West. p. 97 - Costs, Utilities, and Values, Sections I and II. (1956)