car manufacturers worry about increasing costs. Labor unions worry that wages will go up if cost goes up. Insurance wants to know how this will effect their claims. Oil company’s worry that gasoline demand will go down because costs or cars are going up. Each group has different interests and the committees of the house and senate must weigh all the different argument and reach a compromise. Elitism is the belief that a unified and unrepresentative elite dominates society. The elite makes the important decision making while they encourage powerlessness below. They do not represent the different interests in society and look after only their own interests to prevent different views from surfacing. American politics therefor is an elite of economic, political, and military leaders is unchallenged, unresponsive control of the “political game”. Power comes from institutions and not from individuals. By gaining control of these institutions the elite gain power. The elite occupies powerful positions such as CEO’s of large corporations and admirals in the army. These positions are open only to the rich and powerful. The ruling class controls the countries economy and uses their political power to maintain the status quo. Elite control arguments in representing the conflict in society, therefore the result is never a consensus. Society is held together by force and control, rather than by agreement. Politics is a constant struggle between those who have the power and those who want it.The following is an example of elitism: The trilateral commission is an organization of three hundred “organized citizens” from North America, Western Europe, and Japan. It takes people from government, business, labor and so on. It is a policy- oriented group that analyzes issues such as energy and world trade that face all three regions and develops proposals for joint actions. Many critics though say it is a partn...
