"So what we can see in France (and I think the same thing is starting elsewhere) is an explicit admission by the establishment parties that the political system has been transformed. It’s turned into an elite oligarchy while no-one was paying attention, and those who don’t like it can get stuffed. "
"So what we can see in France (and I think the same thing is starting elsewhere) is an explicit admission by the establishment parties that the political system has been transformed. It’s turned into an elite oligarchy while no-one was paying attention, and those who don’t like it can get stuffed. "
Duh. This is what I have been saying for a long time now, and it is not a particularly deep insight on my part.
If the Establishment, the elites are good at nothing else, they are very good at figuring out whom to co-opt, whom to buy off, whom to neutralize, whom to ignore. They are very good at getting and keeping power.
The elites also have an inherent advantage in that they have the levers of power, and they would not have the levers of power if they were not willing to do whatever it takes to get their hands on them.
"So what we can see in France (and I think the same thing is starting elsewhere) is an explicit admission by the establishment parties that the political system has been transformed. It’s turned into an elite oligarchy while no-one was paying attention, and those who don’t like it can get stuffed. "
Duh. This is what I have been saying for a long time now, and it is not a particularly deep insight on my part.
If the Establishment, the elites are good at nothing else, they are very good at figuring out whom to co-opt, whom to buy off, whom to neutralize, whom to ignore. They are very good at getting and keeping power.
The elites also have an inherent advantage in that they have the levers of power, and they would not have the levers of power if they were not willing to do whatever it takes to get their hands on them.