Media Representation of Women- Gender Studies.pptx
The New Social Structure called Power is for Good
1. The New Social Structure called Power is for Good
By Khandaker Sakib Farhad
Power has a different definition to everyone but it is something which is never meant for all
as absolute power corrupts people completely. In the 1940s the 1st
superhero comics were
introduced named Superman to re-introduce the term power is for good and not the fact that
good people rise to power. Then the legacy of power is for good began, where entrepreneurs
were portrayed as the good doers but revolted against the criminals. As if the chain of crime
never functions at the top of the food chain and the criminals act on their own. This broke the
chain called manipulation in between. This did make the entrepreneurs as ideal citizen to
portray but gave them the power to influence people with less achievements. They were able
to portray themselves as gods among men and a role model with limited achievements.
When it comes to speech representation “power is for good and good people rise to power”
both the sentences sound the same but have very different meanings. This is the way Greek
Gods and Roman Gods were mentioned. Powerful beings with no self-righteousness and due
to their immense power, all their deeds were considered as good. This belief was broken by
the Abrahamic religion as he was the 1st
person to spread religion out of the regular norm
which is religion means following the beliefs of royalties. Then other prophets came along to
spread that same belief as none of the other prophets with scriptures were of any royalties
excluding Hindus and Buddhists. And even Buddha also left his kingdom to spread his
knowledge which is considered as the 9th
incarnation of Bishnu. So, considering that fact for
the last 5000years the religion came from the ordinary people. However, in the current times
the belief of goodness is not for the ordinary people to consider, but rather for the people
who have an aerial view of the society to consider as they can predict the future and ordinary
people can’t. In the process, they are making choices for the ordinary people not that the
ordinary people are making the choices for themselves and the definition of doing good has
been transformed as good is something that can be demonstrated by only the abled but not
by all. The societies are being formed in a way that one man or an entire country is liable to
one another and nobody is left with absolute freedom other than those with family
inheritance and with no liability to track down. Normally, the powerful make the decisions of
the ordinary people as businesses are the hub of the income source and since the ordinary
doesn’t play any role in the direct earning source which shows they lack the courage of
decision making or taking risks itself makes them the inferior character. It created a modern
day interpretation that is most talked about which is education doesn’t but experience is all
that matters as most of the current renowned entrepreneurs are college drop-outs. They,
themselves, teach the value of experience over knowledge and as a matter of fact, since they
are more concerned about their tactics and less educated recruits' the education seems like a
burden to bear when one enters the job force. This emphasized the issue of being street
smart instead of educationally versed.