Charles Wright Mills Quote on Social Advantages and Elite

„People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. They come readily to define themselves as inherently worthy of what they possess; they come to believe themselves 'naturally' elite; and, in fact, to imagine their possessions and their privileges as natural extensions of their own elite selves.“

Charles Wright MillsCharles Wright Mills describes how people with advantages see themselves as naturally elite and view their privileges as natural.
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Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist who examined modern societies and the role of intellectuals.

Quote by Charles Wright Mills on how people with social advantages perceive their worth and privileges.


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Charles Wright Mills quote about social advantages, privilege, and the elite

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.”

Quote image by Charles Wright Mills about authority, moral symbols, and the justification of ruleCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary consequence, with moral symbols, sacred emblems, or legal formulae which are widely believed and deeply internalized. These central conceptions may refer to a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority,' the 'will of the people,' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth,' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself." Charles Wright Mills
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Quote by Hermann Julius Oberth about how scoundrels have better chances in lifeCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"In life, a decent person has so many ways to get ahead. A bad guy with the same smarts and drive has all those same ways open to them, but also some others that a decent person wouldn't go down. So, they have more chances to get ahead. As a result of this negative selection of character, the higher social classes become enriched with scoundrels. The better and more influential a social class is, the worse its average ethical level becomes. Only this circumstance can explain why the world has not been a paradise for at least five thousand years. One must know this if one wants to understand world history." Hermann Julius Oberth
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David Graeber quote about meaningful work and the cultural eliteCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"I came to the conclusion that most people in America would really like to be able to get a job where they think they're doing something noble and nice and good and it isn't just for the money. But the reason they hate what they call the cultural elite is that they see it as a class that's grabbed all the jobs where you can get paid to do something that isn't just for the money - if it's art, if it's charity, if it's intellectual, if it's political, whatever it might be." David Graeber
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