The Establishment is No Longer American

The Establishment is no longer American. It used to be American, almost completely, for four decades or so but those days have passed. The Establishment is now as international as your wildest dreams.

If you hated the idea of the United States being the singular leader of the entire world, then you should take comfort in the facts on the ground of the new era. Yes, the United States---the nation, the government, the economy, the culture---is a still a huge part of how the world works, dominating it in many ways, but the Establishment itself has successfully made the transition from being Ameri-centric into one which is now fully globalist in character. It was necessary to do this, for the Establishment itself to survive beyond the era of American exclusivity (which could not be sustained indefinitely).

Whoever the President of the United States is now, he (or she)is automatically a member of the Establishment inner circle. He must be, for the system could not work without that. Moreover, the Establishment greatly respects the ability to tame and steer the great populist forces of Democracy. It is a special kind of magic to them (which is why they prefer to let populist movements play out, rather than thwart them). To make oneself POTUS by one's will, despite all that will hinder one in that goal, is to show an understanding of power and ability to wield that deserves the highest respect (at least until American-style democracy is no longer necessary). It is the Establishment equivalent of being the winning quarterback in the Super Bowl. For the time being at least, no other world leader in the Establishment arena can come close to this kind of respect.

The most important qualification for a new POTUS is a manifest understanding of the ongoing need to keep the process going of transferring world leadership from America to a world-wide system of governance, in which America is more and more akin to a province within a larger set of institutions that span both international borders (which are becoming largely anachronistic). In that way, an efficient commonwealth economic system can be achieved, in which is possible to achieve a world-wide system of taxation that provides an unified and just social welfare system across borders (important to keep the people happy in their lives, both in their material needs, and their perception of the progress towards justice around the world). Great things can be achieved. It takes an Establishment to save a Planet.

On a legal level,  this has program of internationalization has mostly been accomplished---quite successfully under the sequence of U.S. Presidents since 1989---any future POTUS needs mostly to cooperate with the existing program, and lend his or her voice of support to it.

Being U.S. President is an easy job, all in all, if you are the right kind of person. It means traveling the world a lot, meeting lots of other members of the global Establishment, and shaking hands with them. It means meeting with them, in public, and behind closed doors, and simply bouncing ideas off each other in a way that makes the other people nod along in agreement. Everyone knows what the goals all. It is just a matter of stating them in a way that is wise and thoughtful. The details will be left to others to sort out.

Most of the stress of the job comes from dealing with uneducated jackasses who just don't get it.