Power from below

I think Power has two elements on how to understand it. There's the good power and the bad power. But what makes good and bad? The good should always reside with the community and not to be abused, the bad is considered bad because of the actions and who holds the power.

Power can be broken down into some arenas,

Physical force is the control of the means of force whether in military or police, wealth which gives the ability to buy results and to buy almost any kind of power. There's the power of government which that states the law to compel people to do or not do certain things. For example, as a democracy we the people give the power to the government to the elections. We choose who we think is the best to use the power to enhance our society and life. In third world countries where the state is in a dictator ships power emerges from the threat of force. Then there is the social influence or what other people think that it's okay.

This is mostly used by celebrities either to endorse themselves or for the good however they can change behavior. A social figure can motivate enough people to change the way of thinking and action. If a mass of people collectively show interest it is more likely for growth.

In everyday life, perhaps even in the Maltese Islands forms of power can be noticed everyday, there is social status such as ministers and police members, this allows them to have such abilities over the civilians. In the case of a police member, can give an order or penalties to the public.

In the case of the government there can be a dictatorship which usually emerges from either bad choices of the society or the government turns corrupted. One can easily see the cases of Hitler how he was elected as a good person and turned out to be deadly dictator. Power can be given to the wrong people very easily, one case that came up to my mind is by watching the television series Narcos where I learned that Pablo Escobar, a narcotic drug dealer who ran for president at the same time. He emerged by giving the poor people money (power) and brainwashed them to believe how he wants to be portrayed.


Sources:

"Ja Of Nee". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 3 Nov. 2016.

"Top 10 Pablo Escobar Facts". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 3 Nov. 2016.