There are many theories about what power is and how it can be exercised, but here, I propose to reason about the power that each one of us has. Every one of us could potentially write an email to someone; we could also buy a train ticket (if we have economic power); we could let an object fall off a table, etc.
We do not possess certain kinds of power: an ordinary person cannot decide to invade another country, while a president or a king might have that power (though not always).
The president of Country A could decide to invade Country B, and if he has enough military forces and political allies, he could succeed.
Of course, to do something like this, the president must ensure he has military forces, which requires financing the army.
We could say that from the idea of invading Country B to the actual invasion, there is a time frame of several months. For our example, we can say six months.
Can an ordinary person invade another country? Of course not. But can we say it is impossible for that person because he doesn’t have any political power, or do we have to say that the power of that person is lower than that of the president, but he still has the potential power to invade a country?
What if that power is the same, but the speed of realization of that power is different? What if that person could have infinite time to reach his goal? We could say that, theoretically, a person who could live 1000 years might obtain the same level of power.
What if time is the key to that power, and we could actually measure the change over a frame of time?
From Point A to Point B: what changed? Can we calculate the variation of power? That could also be a Proof of Political Power.
Written by me and corrected by ChatGPT 4.