David Chibo has authored one of the most brilliant and concise summary articles on power elite analysis that I have encountered. It is entitled, The 7 “Blind” men and the US Elephant. The famous Indian story of the Blind Men and the Elephant is a metaphor highlighting that while one’s subjective experience can be true, it can also be limited by its failure to account for other truths or a totality of truth. A similar metaphor can be used to try to explain the hidden forces guiding the US Government From 1975 to 1976 the Church Committee in the Senate and … Continue reading The 7 “Blind” men and the US Elephant