Have you ever noticed that no matter what political party is in power in America nothing really seems to change that much?  Sure, a lot of the faces change and there are some small shifts in ideology here and there, but more or less the policies of the U.S. government have been remarkably consistent over the last 40 years.  Have you ever wondered why that is?  Well, the truth is that America's "ruling class" has an absolute stranglehold on both political parties.  You see, the little lie that we were told that "anyone can grow up and be president" simply is not true.  Living the American Dream takes connections.  Without the backing of the "establishment", you simply are not going to go very far in politics.  In fact, without the "establishment" you aren't going to go very far in law, the corporate world, the media or in the highest levels of education either.  Sure you might experience some success on the lower levels, but without fully becoming "connected" to the establishment to at least some degree you just are not going to advance to become one of the elite in any of those fields. (Read More.....)