That's true. It is merely a continuation of discussions we've been having on other threads.
The things you object to Washington have more of a base in the country as a whole -- certainly in the urban/suburban parts of the country -- than you think.
With them controlling the news, and the money supply from Washington DC, why would they not?
It's quite insulting to think that the Waltons or Buffets or Huntsmans or Gateses of the country are just tails to some New York Establishment. Whatever they are and for good or ill, they have real power in the country.
Of course they aren't going to make some radical break with the ways of wealthy people elsewhere in the country.
You notice something in the first two sentences, and then explain it in the next. Everybody like to be in the "in" crowd, and much power is derived from social connections. The "elite" society of this nation is in that Washington/New York/Boston corridor. They are our aristocracy.
If you had their money, you'd be like them, wherever you live.
I think you might very well be surprised. I don't like to talk about anything in my own personal life because information can provide your enemies with an advantage, but I grew up being taught that all this "stuff" is transitory, and in the larger scheme of things, meaningless.
I don't value "rich" things. I can afford "nice" stuff, I just don't care about it. If I had their wealth, I would probably try to wreck the existing media system, because I see it as the most dangerous force facing us.
If you were around 50 or 100 years ago, you'd realize how absurd it is to make that statement today. The country has changed utterly from the days of the Vanderbilts, Astors, and Whitneys and their cotillions.
We don't have an "aristocracy" any more. We have elites, but you can find them in cities all across the country. Rich people tend to go back East for education, but I doubt any sane person would say that New York is anywhere near as powerful or as influential as it was 50 or 100 years ago.
I'm not saying that the country is egalitarian, but it's no longer like 60 families run the whole thing anymore or like every decision has to go through JP Morgan nowadays.