I looked it up and don’t really understand.
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It isn’t a thing; it’s a position. To be anti-establishment is to be against the power structure that supports keeping those who are in power, and those with similar characteristics, in power. It’s a position of questioning authority and questioning whether things should stay the way they are just because that’s the way they are.
“the establishment” in the case of the USA is the general tenure of politicians and political ideology that seek to maintain the status quo for (generally speaking) wealthy elites.
Prime example is look at the Democrats with “moderates” vs “socialists”. The moderates represent the “establishment” because they are less likely to pass laws that shake things up for the wealthy elites (e.g. wealth/income taxes used to fund social programs to benefit the people).
“anti-establishment” is an ideology that generally speaking seeks to disrupt this tendency of government to favour the rich.
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