Common power

The term “power” – i.e. the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others (Oxford) – is generally applied to economical, political, religious, military and other setups that thrive on power myths.
Power myths are fueled by the powerless - i.e. those who admire, fear, desire the powers they attribute to their powerful - and are incessantly cultivated by the latter, in order to cover up that they are powerless too.