What is power-over, really?

The word power is very ambiguous. It needs deconstruction and thorough examination.

So we need to be able to talk about different kinds of power. Various sources disambiguate between what they call "power-over" and what they call "power-with". I think these sources are largely confusing & misleading—kind of barking up the wrong tree.

A basic outline of Perceptual Control Theory can help us talk much more precisely about the nature of power, whether unconscious or conscious, formal or informal.