I don't think they meant "establishment left" as in "left-leaning" but possibly more as "establishment remaining". I think they were trying to make the point th

I don't think they meant "establishment left" as in "left-leaning" but possibly more as "establishment remaining". I think they were trying to make the point that "the establishment" is crumbling in around itself because of all the corporate intervention and there's not really anyone remaining in the establishment that can fix that. I may be wrong, but that's what it seemed like to me...