Bertrand Russel has provided a remarkable perception of power in his book 'Power : A New Social Analysis'. He said, "Power may be defined as the production of intended effects. The fundamental concept of social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics. Like energy, power has many forms."

When we say power, we genearlly mean political power. And, yes, political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. No, it is not just a catchword of Mao's politics. Nobody can deny that those who weild the gun, weild the power and vice versa. Power is a manifestation of violence authored and perpetrated perpetually by the authority or that the power-that-be consisting of a handful.

Power is power over the people to dominate over them and to enjoy unbridled authority authority over them. And ordinary people have got no power to weild the gun, so they have no power of authority and no power over the authority or the power-that-be to dominate over them. Those who do not weild power to dominate are destined to be dominated and be ruled. So, people are ruled, the ruled and people are destined to be the ruled as having no power of weilding gun and weilding power.

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