power elite

In “The Power Elite,” one of the most important sociological books of the 20th century, C. Wright Mills wrote that America was ruled by a triangle of unelected elites: wealthy corporate elites allied with top civilian government leaders and the military.

But the power elite, as understood by Mills and the left, also includes and highlights the corporate rich.

The power elite identified by Mills and that Trump would restore to unfettered control melds class and caste—and has an important history.

Trump could win a second term, unless the Harris-Walz campaign makes clear that Trump’s resurrected power elite uniting caste and class power will worsen the problems of ordinary working voters, especially blue-collar workers in the Blue Wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

“It was a decision driven by the white, power elite,” she added.