Wright Mills

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    In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
    —C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)

    In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
    —C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)

    By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.
    —C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)