America’s Unelected Rulers

“To understand the United States today it is necessary to know something about the Establishment… Most citizens don’t realize it exists, yet the Establishment makes its influence felt from the President’s Cabinet to the professional life of a young college teacher who wants to obtain a foundation grant for research. It affects the nation’s policies in almost every area…. The Establishment is a general term for those people in finance, business, and the professions, largely from the Northeast, who hold the principal measure of power and influence in this country, irrespective of what administration occupies the White House. “