You’ve probably heard people, including myself, use the term “the Establishment” before. I’ve used “the Establishment” in quite a few Thinking in English episodes. You can hear politicians or journalists talking about “the Establishment”. They might be talking about the “political Establishment”, the “media Establishment”, “the academic Establishment”, “the Establishment.”
But what exactly does the word establishment mean? What is the Establishment? Who is part of the Establishment? Why do so many politicians right now like to describe themselves as being outside of the Establishment?
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