Power alone is in no way a sufficient condition for its self-realization (i.e. as if it would be up to its force to force itself). The power of power cannot be attributed once more to power. Rather it needs fundamental analysis from the point of view of evolution theory and systems theory, if one wishes to explain on what societal-structural conditions the development and institutionalization of more abstract, more effective media-codes depend.

DEFINE: Clarifies that power is not self-sufficient; its realization depends on structural and institutional conditions analyzed through evolution and systems theory.

Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, loc. 743