C. Wright Mills
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Sociologist (1916 to 1962) whose The Power Elite (1956) argued that the heads of the corporations, the military and the political directorate form an…
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What makes the power elite is occupying pivotal positions; even their failure to act is a consequential act (opens korrents.com)
“Whether they do or do not make such decisions is less important than the fact that they do occupy such pivotal positions: their failure to act, their failure to make decisions, is itself an act that is often of greater…”
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In politics the public is the unidentified and non-partisan, amid defined partisan interests (opens korrents.com)
“In this usage, the public is composed of the unidentified and the non-partisan in a world of defined and partisan interests.”
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What makes the power elite is occupying pivotal positions; even their failure to act is a consequential act (opens korrents.com)