Just like the term " politically correct
", I have never heard the term "The Establishment " used as
anything other than a term of derision.
What I object to is the use of the term itself.
For example,most people against Trump are not just The Establishment, but more
accurately should be described as moderates, sensible or even rational (I'm resisting
saying "not crazy").
Any such term would be much less pejorative term and more accurate.
Same is true, even if to a lesser extent, on the Democratic side. Here again The Establishment is somehow sinister as opposed to moderate,centerist or traditional.
It's amazing how certain words get coined by someone and takes over the
conversation, irrespective of reality. For example, who invented the term "mass incarceration"? It's clearly lost it's actual meaning, but that's for a future post.
Words matter. How do their actual meanings become distorted and politicized?
Eric
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