What is politics if not a means of exercising power? If there were no power in politics, no one would be interested in politics.
That power is supposed to be exercised to enact the will of the people, for the good of the people.
How does a government without power work? How do you take power out of the process of governing?
That power is supposed to be exercised to enact the will of the people, for the good of the people.