Modern scientific elites are oracles to the people and servants of ruling classes.
Evidence
Modern oracles, like their ancient counterparts, constitute a privileged class who monopolize new forms of knowledge and alternatively panic and enrapture large audiences as they portray new versions of the future. Moreover, modern scientific elites often occupy the same double role of oracles to the people and servants of the ruling class as did the astrologers of ancient civilization. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 668
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: which contemporary technocratic institutions most resemble the astrologer priesthood’s dual role as popular oracle and ruling-class servant?
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 668
- XREF: connects to: Modern scientific elites function like ancient astrologers as oracles and servants of power. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 668; Modern scientists hold the same prophetic authority as ancient astrologers. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 668; The ruling class controls mental production and regulates ruling ideas
Related
- Modern scientific elites function like ancient astrologers as oracles and servants of power. (similarity 0.91)
- Modern scientists hold the same prophetic authority as ancient astrologers. (similarity 0.85)