SOCA02H3 Chapter 35: MSL Chapter 35
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Msl ch. 35 the power elite by c. wright m ills. There are people in society who are not like everyone else (ordinary), they have power so they can look down upon and make decisions that can affect people"s everyday worlds. Jacob burckhardt said about great men that they are all that we are not" we might as well say this about elite. below the m are the politicians of middle level of power, in the congress and in the pressure groups: mingling with them are celebs who live by being continually displayed. The elite often are uncertain of their roles: no matter how great their actual power, they tend to be less acutely aware of it than of the resistances of others to its use. most american men of affairs have learned the rhetoric of public relations, and coming to believe it.
