status quo

They could fund — and did — projects that weren’t commercially viable, that went against the status quo and the interests of the powers that be.

What unites almost everyone we spoke to, however, is an agreement that the status quo isn't currently working.

That then sets the stage for the next wave of politicians promising to bring a wrecking ball to the status quo.

An obvious barrier to enlisting those pillars to challenge the status quo is, of course, that many of them are the status quo.

“The status quo is failing miserably the people of L.A. County,” he said.