I have always really disliked the Establishment.
Correctly or incorrectly, when I became politically aware, at about 12 or 13 years of age Ronald Reagan was the Establishment, from my perspective. I have since considered the Republican or Conservative party as the group propping up and promoting the Establishment.
It was not too long after the Vietnam War and conservatives told me how it was wrong to question authority.
The Churches preached against being rebellious.
Those who protested were liberals, Conservatives were often appalled.
Order and discipline (propping up of the Establishment) were always actively promoted by the Conservatives I knew.
I was told, by conservatives, that the police were always correct...
There was a longing to go back to the 1950's where social order was more structured and set in stone.
Plenty more examples of how it was the Conservatives trying to promote the Establishment and the liberals fighting it back then, at least from my perspective.
I am ready to declare that Conservative "Establishment" dead.
There is a liberal establishment also. I have only begun to see that in the last 10 or 15 years. I don't like it either, and I think the nomination of Sanders will help kill it. I am a liberal because I have always equated anti-establishmentism with liberalism, I see that is not absolutely so.
Anyway, the success of Trump, while deplorable to me due to his xenophobia, racism and authoritarian attitude, has a bright side because, while I personally believe he is the ultimate establishment candidate, his success is due to the fact that his supporters see him as a non-establishment candidate. There is finally a groundswell to end the established order and build a new, more fair, more modern structure by which we should base our culture and society, I can only see that as a good thing.
I hope its someone like Sanders who leads us into the new world. He is clearly more popular than Trump, so maybe it will happen.
Correctly or incorrectly, when I became politically aware, at about 12 or 13 years of age Ronald Reagan was the Establishment, from my perspective. I have since considered the Republican or Conservative party as the group propping up and promoting the Establishment.
It was not too long after the Vietnam War and conservatives told me how it was wrong to question authority.
The Churches preached against being rebellious.
Those who protested were liberals, Conservatives were often appalled.
Order and discipline (propping up of the Establishment) were always actively promoted by the Conservatives I knew.
I was told, by conservatives, that the police were always correct...
There was a longing to go back to the 1950's where social order was more structured and set in stone.
Plenty more examples of how it was the Conservatives trying to promote the Establishment and the liberals fighting it back then, at least from my perspective.
I am ready to declare that Conservative "Establishment" dead.
There is a liberal establishment also. I have only begun to see that in the last 10 or 15 years. I don't like it either, and I think the nomination of Sanders will help kill it. I am a liberal because I have always equated anti-establishmentism with liberalism, I see that is not absolutely so.
Anyway, the success of Trump, while deplorable to me due to his xenophobia, racism and authoritarian attitude, has a bright side because, while I personally believe he is the ultimate establishment candidate, his success is due to the fact that his supporters see him as a non-establishment candidate. There is finally a groundswell to end the established order and build a new, more fair, more modern structure by which we should base our culture and society, I can only see that as a good thing.
I hope its someone like Sanders who leads us into the new world. He is clearly more popular than Trump, so maybe it will happen.
