"self-licking ice-cream cone" meaning in English

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          "text": "They live in fortresses because they have been at war for centuries, and they’ve been at war for centuries because they live in fortresses. It’s a self-licking ice-cream cone.",
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          "text": "In Hugh’s experience, Williams seemed to either simply repeat work that had already been done elsewhere in the chain of command or add redundant procedural steps to interject himself, almost like a self-licking ice-cream cone.",
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          "text": "The G7 meetings and similar international gatherings had a rhyme and reason at one point in history, and at times do good work, but in many respects, they have simply become self-licking ice-cream cones. They’re there because they’re there.",
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