> - 'Power over' (others, ultimately denying freedoms): a zero-sum game
You are being way to generous here. You are suggesting that no matter how much we deny freedoms and give some people power over others, the sum will not change? (And in reverse, no matter how much we stop denying freedoms etc, the sum will also still stay fixed?)
I doubt that.
This journal article discusses power in two forms:
- 'Power to' (freedom, from others): a variable-sum game
- 'Power over' (others, ultimately denying freedoms): a zero-sum game
I'm no scientist and this is just from the abstract: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00323187.2020.1...