On Oct 2, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 2, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>>
>>> I think, using Yoshie's rough distinction between power elite and
>>> ruling
>>> class, that it is the _latter_ that should be subject to this
>>> debate.
>>> Power Elite is _normal_ politics (analogous to "normal science")
>>
>> That's not Mills' definition, if such things matter to you.
>
> It would matter if we were discussing Mills.
He has dibs on the phrase, so you're inadvertently discussing Mills by using the phrase. If you want to discuss a different concept, use a different word or phrase. Otherwise you risk confusing people.
Doug