It does raise an interesting question: what the heck is "power"? If there is someone or some group who is grabbing "power" for themselves, then it becomes fairly obvious. But in an institutionalized world, no single person really has much power.
They just have roles, some of which pay better. So they do what they are supposed to. And the …
It does raise an interesting question: what the heck is "power"? If there is someone or some group who is grabbing "power" for themselves, then it becomes fairly obvious. But in an institutionalized world, no single person really has much power.
They just have roles, some of which pay better. So they do what they are supposed to. And the more "institutionalized" the politics/society/etc. becomes, the roles become ossified: you do your thing and shut up. Certainly, there will be short term scheming and plotting, but nothing on a system-disrupting scale, at least not by the insiders, and only insiders are likely to have the means to do something about "it," whatever "it" is, and only if there's a big enough conspiracy, which is not likely to form successfully.... So, does anyone actually have "power" here?
It does raise an interesting question: what the heck is "power"? If there is someone or some group who is grabbing "power" for themselves, then it becomes fairly obvious. But in an institutionalized world, no single person really has much power.
They just have roles, some of which pay better. So they do what they are supposed to. And the more "institutionalized" the politics/society/etc. becomes, the roles become ossified: you do your thing and shut up. Certainly, there will be short term scheming and plotting, but nothing on a system-disrupting scale, at least not by the insiders, and only insiders are likely to have the means to do something about "it," whatever "it" is, and only if there's a big enough conspiracy, which is not likely to form successfully.... So, does anyone actually have "power" here?