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The problem was that the "East Coast Establishment" of the US Ruling Class saw themselves as the inheritors of the Pax Britannica, turning it into the Pax Americana.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

So who's included in the "East Coast Establishment"? The right-wingers (e.g., William F. Buckley) don't seem to have been in the same boat as the "Best and the Brightest" of the JFK/LBJ administration, and they also don't seem to have been such big fans of Britain. Though they were gung-ho about killing commies.

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Wall Street, the Ivy League, the leading parts of the two parties back then, the people who founded the CIA, the major media of the time.

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