The opinion that power has to be considered as a reasonable instrument to rule the society is generally accepted nowadays. Of course this is accompanied immediately by the restriction that this power should be used for the public welfare.
Contemporary rulers are indifferent to any personal power.
Only social power, provided to them in a legal way by the citizens, is acceptable. This power is necessary for good social management, because it is evident that regulations and standards must be exacted from the people. Without this possibility a well-organized society is absolutely out of the question. Moreover it is absolutely necessary that it is the people itself who chooses their rulers and decides about the social regulations. This political line of thought seems to be philosophically correct, but on the contrary a closer look at it will show something else.