Quote by Charles Wright Mills on Power, Reality, and Emergency

„For the first time in American history, men in authority are talking about an 'emergency' without a foreseeable end... such men as these are crackpot realists: in the name of realism they have constructed a paranoid reality all their own.“

Charles Wright MillsCharles Wright Mills criticizes US authorities creating an endless emergency and a paranoid reality.
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Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist who examined modern societies and the role of intellectuals.

This quote criticizes a detached-from-reality attitude of US authorities who have constructed an endless emergency.


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Charles Wright Mills (1916–1962) was an American sociologist. His work examined postwar societies and the interaction of political, military, and economic elites. His best-known works include “The Power Elite,” “White Collar: The American Middle Classes,” and “The Sociological Imagination.”

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