The left-wing perspective on "power to the people" often means the use of state power on behalf of people to counteract private sources of power (eg commercial

The left-wing perspective on "power to the people" often means the use of state power on behalf of people to counteract private sources of power (eg commercial power). The right-wing perspective often means the removal of state power in favor of private (ie, "personal") source of power (often in the form of commercial entities).