Has 'the establishment' come to mean something new. Everyone was going on about Trump being an anti-establishment victory, and he's a old, white, right wing capitalist, who comes from money. And his running mate is about as establishment as they come for a republican. Ok he might not be typically establishment as it political aristocracy (i.e. a Bush or Clinton.

UKIP I get, because a large number of their party candidates are not from non-political circles

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There is. Some sections of the establishment/elite are uprooting other sections of the establishment/elite and are using propaganda to con a huge swathe of folk to go to them for the truth.

Big chest and massive boobs

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The Bilderberg group perhaps?

I think we have a loose association of people who share a mutual interest to stay rich at our expense.

Politicians, The Aristocracy, The Judiciary,commerce, The industrial military complex etc, all have over lapping connections that bring mutual benefits.

In this context I think that the establishment are those who have embraced globalisation, with the key factor being mass immigration, to feather their own nests at the expense of the nation state and the existing population.
It is difficult to point to a specific person or group who can be seen as responsible, so a generalisation like "the establishment" is created as the enemy.

Trump is an opportunist and not of the Washington elite and he has recreated himself as the hero of the naysayers in the US.

I find it a rather uncomfortable situation since his support includes the Bible belt and the pro gun lobby who's attitude and beliefs are beyond bonkers, plus his obvious lack of experience and tact for the office of President.
To elect such a person, people are obviously very desperate about how their country is being changed.
The enormous influx of Mexicans obviously has a lot to do with it whether people admit that or not.

It's hardly a defeat tbf as the establishment have exactly what they wanted from Hillary, Goldman Sachs faces in the mix. Trump's already installed Steve Mnuchin as US Treasury Secretary.

Job done.

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What I struggle with is what happens when people realise that electing a total knobhead, or reclaiming national sovereignty without an agreed plan has been a cock up. In both cases society will still be divided, unequal and have massive social problems.

Do you abandon the "anti-establishment" thing or do you go even more hardcore? It's a bit like going Miliband for something a bit more left wing, then Corbyn. Where does it end?

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