"Power", here, is anything that endows ability to do something that others without the same struggle to. Could be a social construct (entitlement, authority, ...), access to resources or knowledge, or an intricate mixture among them all.
causes
- economic disparity
- coupled with how much impact financial status has over most aspects and general quality of life
- hierarchies
- disproportionate privileges
- social structures promoting hierarchies or hoarding, or other driving causants
- leverage of existing power
consequent issues
- unfair distribution of facilities
- the unprivileged’s vulnerability to exploitation
- dilution of accountability of “higher entities”