No one has an official right to power: yet it is always exerted in a particular direction. It is difficult to say who holds power, but it is easy to see who lacks it. The discourse of struggle is not opposed to the unconscious, but to the secretive. Misunderstandings relate to things that are hidden, repressed, unsaid. It is more difficult to unearth a secret than the unsconscious.
"It is clear who exploits, who profits, and who governs, but power remains something more diffuse." (Foucault)
Marxism was to define the problem in terms of interests (power is held by the ruling class defined by its interests) Deleuze
The relationship between desire, power, and interest are more complex that we ordinarily thing. (Foucault)
It is not always those who exercise power who have an interest in its execution. Nor is it always possible for those with vested interests to exercise power. The desire for power establishes a relationship between power and interest.
Sometimes the masses even desire that certain people assume power, even at the expense, to the extreme of their death, their sacrifice. Nevertheless they desire this particular power.
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