Power and Resistance: Breaking Bad

 

Breaking Bad- Power and Resistance
In the popular TV series, Breaking Bad, there are a lot of power and business struggles. If you haven't watched the show Breaking Bad, it is basically about a High School Science teacher (Walter White) turned meth cook, who works with different people in illegal circumstances in the drug world. 
In later seasons of the show, Walt works with Gus, who is basically his boss (depicted above in the meme). He controls the output and distribution of Walt's meth. Gus is the formal authority and is in a high ranking position in the drug business.
Walt has some formal authority, but not as much as Gus. His source of power comes from the knowledge of drugs that he has. He is a meth making expert, which gives him power over Gus. Gus depends on Walt's expertise and knowledge about meth making. Walt is the expert of the product, while Gus is the owner of the business that sells the product. Both people have a unique source of power. 



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