A Rhetorical Analysis Of Mills's Culture And Politics

This week’s writing is based on Mills’ “Culture and Politics”. Specifically looking at pages 223-225 where he discusses structuring of western societies. He takes an in-depth look at “The Overdeveloped Society” where men are robots working for a government in order to further the interests of private entities that dominate the direction of politics with their wealth. The bureaucracies of such establishments affect the men and women daily as they strive to accommodate their commodity fetishes. He goes on further to explain the triangle of power where he talks about the link between three power structures within the aforementioned society. Business, military and politics are all linked within the triangle because they all benefit one another to some varying degree.
It may seem like there are a lot freedoms to be had within choice making processes, but in reality there is very little. The heavy influence of society, family, and friends has made sure that any true, self-made decisions are impossible to be had. The ideals of the environment subconsciously impact the human being as they rely heavily on social acceptance. The need for acceptance makes them susceptible to pick paths that would appease those around them rather than satisfying their own desires. It is uncommon for someone to stray down a path that someone else would dislike. It only gets worse when the fight for limited power arises because then there is a whole new spectrum of things to take into consideration when trying to advance your position within social ranks. Especially when you look at society from Mills’ perspective. The triangle of power influences the populous because there’s no means of escape from its