power implies a degree of control over something, one doesnt need to have 'serfs' to be a ruler of some sort, i am the ruler of my raspberry pi, it will do what i say, and i am in control of it
The original question was about what would qualify somebody as "our ruler". I certainly don't see how I am ruled by a Credit Suisse executive, or how I would be ruled by such an executive even as a Schweitzer.
