| I’m also intrigued and waiting for op to elaborate. Constant that I see:
There is power hierarchy(ies) at all times, even if individuals change (necessary for any kind of coordination). Some related things: - to get more power one has to actively pursue it. - power must be used to preserve the power. - ones power depends on the power of those below. In a sense, it is a global ponzi scheme. Disclaimer time: don’t take it too literally. Power comes in many forms (e.g. force, money, formal control of some organization). Hierarchy is not necessarily strict, total or formal, a general, sponsor of the king or his blackmailer, all are near the top - they can do decisions that lonely rural pieful fisherman can not. Exceptions can exist, there probably was occurance when loneley rural fisherman was given an army to command, without any initiative by said fisherman. These generalities do not mean that nothing changes, there are uncountable many variables. Just, no equality or fairness. There will be challangers, there will be winners and those who lost. |