C. Wright Mills
Sociologist (1916 to 1962) whose The Power Elite (1956) argued that the heads of the corporations, the military and the political directorate form an interlocking elite running American society.
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Their wordsWhether they do or do not make such decisions is less important than the fact that they do occupy such pivotal positions: 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.
↗The Power Elite (Oxford University Press, 1959 printing of the 1956 book)archive.org