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The Craft of Power 1: The Mechanics of Power — The Knowledge the Powerful Don't Want You to Get

This video analyzes the first chapter of The Craft of Power by Ralph Gun Hoy Siu, a foundational but rarely discussed work that predates and influenced modern power literature, including The 48 Laws of Power. Using examples from Usogui, especially Madarame Baku, this video breaks down how power operates through timing, restraint, narrative control, and the shaping of incentives rather than force. It examines why visible dominance attracts resistance, why institutions sabotage themselves to preserve control, and why moral language often serves as camouflage for survival-driven behavior. This is not a guide on how power should be used. It is an analysis of how power actually functions when stripped of comfort, ethics, and idealism. Spoilers for Usogui up to the Encirclement of the Four Gods game. 00:00 Introduction: Why The Craft of Power Still Matters 01:20 What Power Is and Is Not 01:43 Power Versus Force: Why Coercion Fails 04:58 Empowering Responses and Relational Power 05:17 Quiet Power: Anticipation, Timing, and Restraint 05:54 Winning Less to Survive: Restraint as Power (Kyara Flashback) 07:40 Power as Outcome Design, Not Dominance 08:34 Expansion, Fragility, and Overreach 10:11 Control Over Victory: Why Elites Prefer External Defeat 11:56 Boundary Power and Mutual Destruction (Yakou Incident) 13:51 Institutions, Aggression, and Sacrificial Figures 14:33 Visibility, Narrative Control, and Hidden Influence 15:19 Strategic Obscurity in Encirclement of the Four Gods 17:14 Power, Morality, and Historical Camouflage 18:25 Seeing Through Moral Justification (Baku’s Clarity) 19:24 Conclusion: The Mechanics of Power Song: Sci-fi by Bencloud (distorted) Script: https://pastebin.com/vHJfvyj3 Panels used: Usogui, Akagi