C. Wright Mills

yes i agree that there are many differneces between what this person is saying and what someone who believes in the illuminati or NWO might say. i just point out that others are making the same essential argument that a small cabal of people (most of them not democratically elected) wield an incredible amount of control over destiny of the planet.

the pioneering sociologist C. Wright Mills made this exact argument in his book "the power elite" in 1956. and Neumann made the argument before him, etc. Mills was a very formidable man, very smart, a bright mind. he died way too early.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Elite


A power elite, in political and sociological theory, is a small group of people who control a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, and access to decision-making of global consequence. The term was coined by Charles Wright Mills in his 1956 book, The Power Elite.

The Power Elite (1956) describes the relationship between political, military, and economic elite (people at the pinnacles of these three institutions), noting that these people share a common world view, 1) the "military metaphysic"- a military definition of reality, possess 2) "class identity"- recognizing themselves separate and superior to the rest of society, have 3) interchangibility: i.e. the move within and between the three institutional structures and hold interlocking directorates 4) cooptation/socialization: of prospective new members is done based on how well they "clone" themselves socially after such elite. Further these elite in the "big three" institutional orders have an "uneasy" alliance based upon their "community of interests" driven by the military metaphysic, which has transformed the economy into a 'permanent war economy'.

In critical work, the U.S. power elite consists of members of the Business/Corporate Community, Academia, politicians, media editors, military service personnel, a