What is power? It is the ability to do something or make others something. And where does it come from? It comes from various sources--the people, the system, the sell. Power, as we see it in the reality, is seen in many forms such as authority, knowledge, muscle power. We normally identify muscle power as the ultimate utility of all inds of power. But it is what we want to see and not what we should see. Though muscle power can be successfully used to do some specific bs, it is not all in all. It has its limitations Most of the time it can rather destroy than build
Not that muscle power is not needed at all. It is a necessity. But never should we put too much emphasis on it. History shows that those kings and leaders who have considered muscle power the utmost goal perished. Such power has destroyed itself. Now a relevant question ha up : What does real power lie in? The answer is simple, though it hard to convince people. people on whom that of The power is real power is wer source is truth to tell those is to be applied. In other words, people are source all powers. Peculiar though it may sound, power comes from the powerless to the powerful. Originally, it emerges from the consensus of the general" choose one from among the olc about some norm of behavior. They who will, for their own good, supervise their behavior and, if necessary, apply the power allowed by them on themselves. And if it is misused, they again withdraw their power. What it all implies is that people's mandate or the ballot is the primary source of power. The bullet may suppress it for the time being, but does not sustain long. After all, the ballot is stronger than the bullet.
