Secondly, power is not one single power. It is not massive. It is not a unidirectional process between one entity that commands and its subjects. Power is multiple and ubiquitous. It is a network of consensuses that depart from below.
Power is a plurality.
Power is the multiplicity of relationships of strength. For the semiologist, language is always closely linked to power. Eco's theory is that the criticism of power has degenerated because that criticism has become massive. As an example of the misunderstanding Eco recalls the theorists of European terrorism who wanted to strike at the heart of the state. The danger, Eco says, is confusing power and force.