power should be understood as the claim to restrict the freedom of others.

all power is corruption. it is always about restricting the freedom of others in some way, from prohibition, compulsion, to murder, torture and rape.

freedom is when you do what you can, without interfering with other people's freedom.

humans prosper when freedom is not stolen by power. the level of poverty of a society is precisely an indicator of how much power is exercised to restrict the freedom of others.