# Can power check itself?

**Can power be checked from inside?**

Courts, elections, a free press and an opposition try to. Gödel’s worry, and many histories, suggest the check has to come from somewhere the power does not fully control.

Connects to:
- [Power](https://mapideas.org/i/so_power)
- [outside built in](https://mapideas.org/i/p_out)
- [Voting and democracy](https://mapideas.org/i/so_democracy)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_check_power · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#q_x_check_power