What &quot;end of the establishment?&quot;.  The US&#x27;s Gini coefficient, a measure of economic inequality, is near its highest level since 1929.  When it drops below the all-time low of 1973, we&#x27;ll talk about the &quot;end of the establishment.&quot;  In the 1960s, there were about 60 lobbyists in Washington. Now, there are over 20,000.<p>All that&#x27;s happened so far is that, at last, the &quot;establishment&quot; message isn&#x27;t selling.  Occupy won the battle for the message, by focusing attention on &quot;the 1%&quot;.  That hasn&#x27;t translated into action.  We&#x27;re not seeing pro-labor legislation getting through Congress.  We&#x27;re not even seeing aggressive enforcement of existing minimum wage and overtime laws.  We&#x27;re not seeing employers going to jail on a regular basis for wage theft or violating immigration law.<p>All that&#x27;s happened is that the GOP has managed to shoot itself in the foot.  Again. Face it, all the Republican presidential candidates are worse than Bush Sr, or Eisenhower, or Reagan.  It&#x27;s embarrassing. This is the legacy of being &quot;the party of No&quot; in Congress - there&#x27;s nobody with a track record of accomplishing much.<p>Not sure what to make of Trump.  He&#x27;s the first national level demagogue the US has had in many decades.