Indeed, a social characteristic dominant among human beings is their rush to disagree with each other. And there are endless degrees of disagreement which clog their paths. This commitment to power is introduced in the nursery and nourished by an ongoing cultural environment which encourages many human children to accept as a basic goal in life a series of triumphs over adversaries encountered at every turn. One need not disagree with this. But it does recognize that unfettered power can become a critically dangerous thing, that it feeds excesses, that eternal vigilance is needed to direct it toward constructive ends.
Drug cartels are obvious examples.
Indeed, everything of general reach that is the product of human intervention must be looked at contemporaneously for any suggestion of abusive exercise of power. It must be quickly added that government must be watched as well. In conception it is a wholly legitimate although massive concentration of power. But people are in charge of it and, as in private situations, on occasion can and do misuse power entrusted to them. This is in turn monitored by public opinion, which is an effective force, at least in a bona fide democracy.