Google Robert Altemeyer on "authoritarians,"
Edward Bernays on "manipulating public opinion,"
Robert Cialdini on "influence,"
G. William Domhoff on "who rules America,"
Emile Durkheim on "the division of labor in society,"
Jonathan Haidt "whatr makes people vote Republican,"
Chris Hedges on the "empire of illusion,"
Jules Henry on "culture against man" and "sham,"
Eric Hoffer on "the true believer,"
Jeffrey Klaehn on "media and power,"
George Lakoff on "moral politics,"
Walter Lippmann on "public opinion,"
Niccolo Machiavelli on "the art of power,"
Stanley Milgram on "obedience to authority,"
Arthur G. Miller on "the obedience experiments,"
C. Wright Mills on "the power elite,"
Kevin Phillips on "the American theocracy,"
Milton Rokeach on "the open and closed mind,"
Kevin Starr on "material dreams," and
Gary Woodward & Gary Denton on "persuasion and influence."