Who da Man?

Uncle Ken is critical of my use of the word "they", yet he talks about "the man in the street". I seem to remember that Uncle Ken once asserted that some people voted for Trump because they wanted to "stick it to the man". I also seem to remember that, back in the 60s, Uncle Ken and his ilk used to refer to the police as "the man". If all these men are the same man, then this guy must really get around. If they are not the same person, then why does Uncle Ken use the singular "man" instead of the plural "men"? Of course, Uncle Ken is not the only person who does this. Lots of people refer to "the White man" or "the Black man". At least when I say "they", everybody knows that I don't think there's only one of them.

I never said that the people who put Trump in office were a "specific, if unnamed, cabal of powerbrokers." All I said was that they nominated Trump to help Hillary win, and it backfired on them. I seem to remember that Uncle Ken was happy to see Trump get the nomination because he thought it would turn the White House and the Congress over to the Democrats. Could it be that he was the only person who believed this? Not bloody likely!

I have heard in the news multiple times that the "Republican Establishment" did not want Trump to win the nomination. This sounds more like a specific cabal of powerbrokers, although not an unnamed one. We used to talk about the Establishment back in the 60s, but apparently there is more than one of them too. Like I previously said, they may not be all in it together, but I'm pretty sure that they're all in it.