In Manfred Max-Neef’s ‘Human Scale Development’, power is understood as the capacity for control and manipulation exercised by a person or group that possesses force, contrasting it with authority, which is viewed as the capacity for influence wielded by a person or group to whom legitimacy is granted due to recognized capabilities and qualities. Furthermore, Max-Neef questions whether the insufficient improvements in human well-being over time stem from the wrong groups holding power or if there is an inherent issue with power itself. Could this indeed be the case? Has the time come to rethink power?