> That progressive change is being thwarted by some kind of external
> malevolent force (the elusive and all-powerful The Man) is kind of a dogma.
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Would you be happier with Domhoff's neo-Weberian interlocking networks of
cultural, economic and political elites melded with Lukes' three dimensions
of power seen through social psychoanalytic takes on socialization,
internalization and self-surveillance? The Man, while admittedly populist
and non-specific is shorthand... for most folks here my assumption is that
shorthand is shorthand, not an indication of their being a dogmatic
simpleton.