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The people who got there first and wrote the rules so no one else could.
means The entrenched network of institutions, officials, and insiders who hold recognized power and authority within a society or field.
from From Latin stabilire, 'to make firm or stable,' via Old French establir. English establishment originally just meant the act of setting something up securely — a settled church, a fixed institution. By the 18th century it had narrowed to mean the officially sanctioned state church in England, 'the Establishment,' and from there it widened again into shorthand for any entrenched, officially-backed order — the people and institutions so firmly set in place that they seem permanent.
- origin
- from establish, meaning to make stable, fixed
- irony
- every rebel becomes one if they win
- disguise
- calls itself common sense or tradition
- tell
- always shocked when questioned