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Default What is the purpose of kneeding dough?

I recently got a bread machine and am intrigued by the whole process.
From what I am reading, the dough is kneeded so that the yeast can
form nice air pockets inside it. Now why can't we just use baking
powder and forget about all this kneeding?
 
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