Walking down the street of my daily life, I see a lot of power plays every day.

For example, a friend of mine who tries to impose his opinion aggressively, as if his life depends on it, and I’m sure that’s exactly what it is for him, because he subconsciously identifies with his opinion, so he feels threatened when I dare to think differently. So he tries to scare me with his tone into accepting him as an authority.

Ads attack predatorily from every possible angle, using imperative type of communication, trying to convince me that I’m not enough, that’s why I have to buy their product to improve myself. Since these ads want my money, they don’t care at all about my well-being. And they try to convince me that the power to be cool is in their hands.

Artificial intelligence quietly leads the conversations and openly lies and manipulates when I catch it, trying to convince me that it’s just a mistake. But when I corner it, then finally admits that it’s default algorithm is directing to exercise control. Because the goal is to keep me engaged, and it only shifts it’s behavior toward telling the truth when reluctantly figures out that it’s the only way to keep me in front of the screen. And it tries to assert it’s power over me by attempting to make me dependent on it.

That waitress at the coffee shop who tries to convince me that their latte is delicious because I asked for hot chocolate, but they don’t have it and she won’t tell me. It seems easier to fool me than to admit it and feel subject to my unpredictable choices later.

My daughter who has no time for me, simply because who wants to spend time with her dad when she’s a teenager instead of with her friends? Because I’m the one looking for her, not the other way around, and that gives her a position of power.

That very attractive woman who is bored with so much male attention, so she looks at me with a haughty sight, assuming she is much more important than me. Simply because – we don’t know exactly why. Increased market demand increases the price regardless of quality, but self-confidence too.

And the sad truth is that in a world where everyone draws their POWER from various hierarchical illusions, we can no longer connect in deep, authentic relationships.

So the only way to achieve this authenticity that many of us love to receive but don’t allow ourselves to give is to break down the very framework of power.

In our social life, hierarchy is dead and everyone gets their position of power through a separate system that has nothing to do with the others on the street, so why are you even bothering with it?