change

change is an anathema to elites because what is defines them as an elite and must be preserved...they may be fluid in adopting some new strategies to maintain what is , but like capital's ( and so the elite's) addiction to profit, that need to be defined as an elite frames their percertions and limits their actions. everything relates back to how it impacts their status. a box they cannot escape from. so elites will not sanction collective behavior thay cannot control...uncontrolled behavior can lead to uncontrolled change. banks that have shown a profit in the first quarter of 2009 ( the recesstion/depression may be easing for wall street, but not for those of us who work for a living) are declaring their intention to pay back bail-out funds and so avoid new regulations....that could lead to a change on how things are done, and protocols, mechanisms, and methodologies could change. they may not be set in stone but they are embedded in highly vicous mud so they're hard to move around.