A broad political term usually used to describe the power structure that includes, but is not limited to,
the mainstream media, the permanent state, and a host of politicians and politically connected people which work to keep the status
quo, especially as it pertains to the warfare state.
"Every Establishment news outlet will be for every war" -
Jimmy Dore
"The Establishment is so petrified, including
Romney, that we could actually win a war, and that we could actually end a war" -
Rand Paul