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<blockquote data-quote="Sp5" data-source="post: 1260802" data-attributes="member: 4337">I definitely think elites are involved, my own ideas suggests that, but there is more than one elite.Quigley was writing 50 years ago, most of that old Eastern Establishment has been washed away or diminished in relative power.&nbsp; We are not in the days of the Dulles brothers, John McCloy, Robert Taft, and Henry Cabot Lodge anymore.The late 60s and 70s changed things a lot.&nbsp; Things are more open to the public and more subject to public politics.&nbsp; There are now multiple &quot;think-tanks&quot; representing multiple interests pushing their agendas in Washington.&nbsp; There's a lot more than the CFR now.&nbsp; Heritage, AEI, Brookings, Hudson, Center for American Progress, Center for New American Security, Cato etc.&nbsp; All with distinct sources of funding and distinct points of view, all supply staffers to Congress and the Executive.Tech bros in the Pacific Northwest and oil guys in Texas are &quot;elites&quot; but have different cultural and economic objectives.&nbsp; There are &quot;elites&quot; in retail, academia, medicine, finance, all competing or cooperating.There's no Central Committee deciding things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sp5, post: 1260802, member: 4337"] I definitely think elites are involved, my own ideas suggests that, but there is more than one elite. Quigley was writing 50 years ago, most of that old Eastern Establishment has been washed away or diminished in relative power. We are not in the days of the Dulles brothers, John McCloy, Robert Taft, and Henry Cabot Lodge anymore. The late 60s and 70s changed things a lot. Things are more open to the public and more subject to public politics. There are now multiple "think-tanks" representing multiple interests pushing their agendas in Washington. There's a lot more than the CFR now. Heritage, AEI, Brookings, Hudson, Center for American Progress, Center for New American Security, Cato etc. All with distinct sources of funding and distinct points of view, all supply staffers to Congress and the Executive. Tech bros in the Pacific Northwest and oil guys in Texas are "elites" but have different cultural and economic objectives. There are "elites" in retail, academia, medicine, finance, all competing or cooperating. There's no Central Committee deciding things. [/QUOTE]

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