SOCA02H3 Chapter : MSL Reading #35 -- The Power Elite
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according to mills" argument, these elite officials all know each other and act in unison when critical decisions must be made. The power elite is composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in positions to make decisions having major consequences. Their failure to act, their failure to make decisions, is itself an act that is often of greater consequence than the decisions they do make. They are in command of the major hierarchies and organization of modern society. They rule big corporation, machinery of the state, and claim its prerogatives. They direct the military establishment and occupy the strategic command posts of the social structure in which are now centered the effective means of the power and the wealth and the celebrity which they enjoy. advisers and consultants, spokesmen and opinion makers are often the captains of their higher thought and decision.
