political establishment
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A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the sense that the political establishment was so fixed in its ways you couldn't change anything.
There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.
I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.
Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.
Such venomous statements might signal the end of a politician's career in some places. But not in Brazil, where Mr. Bolsonaro's rising national prominence reflects a veering to the right and growing vitriol as disillusionment with the political establishment grows.