Charles Wright Mills and The Power Elite Theory: Analyzing Alfamart's Position in the Local Economic Elite Network in Indonesia

This study aims to examine the concerns and at the same time criticize the phenomenon of local economic elite networks that occur in Indonesia, specifically the position of alfamart and studied in the light of Charles Wright Mills' thinking. The current Indonesian context of the dominance of the elite network is a concern for local communities, in this case the economic elite. Such a problem will have an impact on people who have no share in society, finally the elite who dominate or rule according to their own wishes and do not take into account tolerance. The economic circulation that occurs in Indonesia today is a terrible problem. But only some people realize this. The domination of the elite in the realm of economics, politics, democracy, and the realm of government has become a hot topic of discussion lately. In this discussion, the author only examines from the angle of the local economic elite and confronts it with the thoughts of Charles Wright Mills. This review concludes that there are four groups of elites in Indonesia: political elites, economic elites, democratic elites, and government elites, who control most of the circulation of the current Indonesian government. Second, local communities are subjected to manipulation and camouflage by distorting normative truths or even evaluative truths that have been legitimized by the authorities in government. The group that is most often exploited is the community that does not carry education and this is an opportunity for the elites to develop strategies to seize power including the local economy in Indonesia. Finally, the internal factors within the elites that have a major influence on the growth of ambitious desires and high levels of power in Indonesia.