The Establishment can be given a single name if you wanted to...'Neoconservative' or two if you want to be even more inclusive "Corporatists" (not to be confused with capitalism)
Most Dems and Reps believe in these philosophies: Or even if they don't believe in them, these are their outward actions:
Military Adventurism which:
Expands the millitary-industrial complex
which creates jobs, and expands wealth for corporations that produce weapons, defense systems. etc.
which makes corporations like GE, very powerful
GE owns many media outlets.
which helps circulate the message that War is good for the economy, good for security, and good for humanity. Or at least fails to report that the opposite of all are the truth.
Increases our footprint on the Earth.
So we can influence the cost and production of raw materials in our favor
Influence policy of other nation's regimes to secure our own interests
At the expense of other nations, cultures, religions.
Ultimately moves forward the Judeo-Christian western mindset that we are in for an epic battle one day with Eastern religions for world supremacy.
So that we have an upper hand during the apocalypse.
/sad but true.
Social programs for Many.
So that many individuals are dependent on the state
So that calls for responsibility, freedom, or austerity are seen as a direct threat to their way of life.
So that they will reject fiscal responsibility or austerity, and always vote with their paychecks from the government, and keep them in power.
'Don't tax me, bro'
'But don't cut my unemployment benefits/SS/Medicare/Section 9/WIC/Welfare/Food stamps/free schools/grants/contracts/wages/college loans either'
Judeo-Christian Moral justice
Official, unofficial religions to keep out threats from atheists and non western religions. The idea being that these undermine Military Adventurism or limit the power of the state to be moral judge, rather than allowing religion itself to be that judge.
Control of Money
So that government is perceived as an economic stimulator or rescue system
So that people will always look at government as our source of wealth, and depend on it's power to control money
So that we will give it lots of wiggle room to "regulate" corporations, or allow corporations to lobby to create 'Jobs'
To do this we print money
and hand it over to banks for 'our own good'
or give it to GE and other mega corps to do pet projects, military projects, or reinvestment.
Inflation Taxation
The conservatives can provide an err of 'conservatism' by not increasing taxes.
But not reducing government either
printing new money=inflation
People pay more for goods, the next generation receives the bill.
Benefit themselves.
Elected government jobs are seen as money bonanzas. Even if the state pays you little, there's a never ending supply
of corporations waiting to be you dinner,
give you a discount on a car, or put one of your side companies you own to work under contract.
The end result of this is that money ends up where it isn't needed. We stop producing goods and just play with money. Instead of saving money, we must all invest it or end up behind. We must all take risks on wall street in order to maintain happiness. The wealth gap grows. Booms and busts get more and more frequent. Corporations and government become blurred one entity. Government barrows too much, spends too much, prints too much. And this system depends on sheep who, if they know it's happening, can't do anything about it. If they don't know its happening, they would violently defend it from any perceived threat, and are willing to sacrifice their freedoms to keep it that way.
The good/bad news is, that this is unsustainable. Whether we wake everyone and covert their minds to what is happening and solve it, or it all fails miserably.
