Laws of Power

In this CNN article, the author tells the reader about book called The 48 Laws of Power.  Its title pretty much sums up the book.   It's written by Robert Greene and is a list of 48 laws, that if followed, will give a person power.  Greene supports each law based on the lives of powerful historical figures.  It  is clear that humans are obsessed with power, and many people lives their lives as one huge power struggle.  Greene and many of his readers claim that these laws actually work and will help a person gain power.

But can just a list give someone power?  In class we heard a man named Phipps say: "that's the tribal belief, that you either have it (high class) or you don't."  You are born a WASP, you cannot become one he argues. Can the same thing be said about power?