There's a big difference between money and power, though. A TSA agent can affect your life in a big way without the use of any money. That's power[0].
There's a big difference between money: voluntarily trading value for services and goods, some of which might negatively affect you, and power: trading nothing for direct control of aspects of your life.
There's a big difference between money: voluntarily trading value for services and goods, some of which might negatively affect you, and power: trading nothing for direct control of aspects of your life.
[0] Not inappropriate power, or not in theory