While researching how Americans have been getting rich by helping the Chinese Communist Party achieve its outspoken aim of replacing the US as the "world's No.1 power," I came across the phrase "elite capture" -- their term to describe the actions of influential people in the US towards China.
A US world champion track runner is speaking out against athletes assigned male at birth competing against women, warning that 'if male-bodied athletes continue competing on female teams, it will be the end of women’s sports.'
The National Endowment for Democracy can claim it is in the business of democracy promotion. In reality, it does anything but that, unless “democracy” is entirely synonymous with elite U.S. interests.