The notion that power lies with the people is known as?

Answer 1

Well, people have the power to effect one another. If one person were to go to the store, and buy the last cookie, the next person in line may have also wanted that cookie, and was then sad because they did not get it, but instead got a donut that in the morning at that restaurant someone made, and so on and so forth. So point being, people effect others. The choices we make can effect other people. If someone decided that they were sick of seeing homeless people on the street, that person has the power to make a change whether that change be big or small and go out and help those people.

Answer 2

Democracy