Foucault’s understanding of power not being possessed but rather as power being relational is due to the fact that Foucault believes that the oppression of power in its most drastic form relates to more productivity as well as causing individuals of society to emerge and act in different more efficient ways. Power is seen as a certain individual or group of individuals exercising their force over the powerless and forcing them to do things that they don’t want to do, which shows how power is, in fact, a possessed aspect. Thus being said, Foucault thinks we shouldn’t consider power something that institutions possess and use against certain individuals because it is, in fact, beneficial to society. Foucault sees power as something that can't
