The Bottom of all Governments are real people. There is no real power at the Bottom, only influence.

The Bottom of all Governments are real People, but there is no 'real power' at the Bottom, only 'influence'. However, in a Democratic form of Government, the People at the Bottom, can ascend the 'ladder' of 'political influence', and acquire 'real Power'. Real Power exists only as a result of an Institutional grant of Power. The Top of all Governments have real Power; the Top of Democratic Government, acquires Power from its 'political Institutions'. Without political Institutions there wouldn't be any 'real Power' in the World. In a Democracy the People at the Bottom have varying degrees of political 'influence', but no individual has real power, unless s/he has assumed 'political Office', and then, only temporarily. Whereas, Autocratic forms of Government, have also, acquired political power at the Top, but, from, "I don't know where"? In Autocracies, People at the Top can have Institutional 'real Power', but, the Bottom doesn't have Power, or, for that matter, Influence, hence, the Bottom is relatively, helpless and at the mercy of the Top. Whereas, in a Democracy, the people can elect different Peoples to the Top. Usually, and unfortunately, influence is a concept 'tied' to the economic area of society, or, more plainly, "money". Money may have an influence in a Democracy, but its not Power; which explains why wealthy People compete for Political Office, and why money keeps making 'inroads' into Politics.