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Study

Establishment capture: When a political party's elected leaders are heavily influenced or controlled by permanent elites (civil service, media, NGOs, cultural institutions).

These forces push policies favouring the elite consensus (often centrist/left: high migration, big spending, regulation) over the party's voter base.

Polymarket shared recent analyses from the ILO and Brookings Institution showing women represent 47% of the workforce but 83% of workers in the 15 most AI-vulnerable jobs, primarily clerical, administrative, and office support roles.