Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-26005008-20160407215658/@comment-1496755-20160429182326

Rottweiler, consider this - some people are taller and others shorter. Some are stronger and some are weaker. Some are smarter and some are dumber. Some are older and some are younger. These natural inequalities are enough to create an imbalance of power, which directly translates into a hierarchy, even if it is a very simplified form (e.g. relying upon your friend to do something for you, due to their superior skill or physical qualities). The individuals with better qualities will always be in a superior position, no matter how egalitarian a society is. Even with the Bushmen, I am pretty sure the most capable hunters among them enjoy a slightly greater amount of respect (and possibly even a greater share of food) than the others... and there you have it, an established superiority. Superiority (whether perceived or real) is the foundation of a hierarchy.

Thus, a society without hierarchies could only be possible in a place where all humans are perfectly the same - same height, same weight, same strength, same dexterity, same intellect, same outer appearance (down to the smallest detail). Sounds like an impossible task, doesn't it?

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Death, maybe it's because the sum of 7 and 2 is 9. That's the only thing that comes to my mind :P

The most privileged people before 1989 were the former communist guerrilla fighters (and their descendants, of course) who usurped the power towards the end of WW2. As someone put it - hiding in the bush for several weeks automatically made you a superior human being.