13 February

When a society says “we are all equal” but behaves otherwise, something lethal happens: • differences still exist • power still concentrates • prestige still accumulates • but no one is allowed to say where. Everyone senses hierarchy. No one can name it. Rivalry then becomes lateral and vicious. It’s our belief that we are all equal in all things that leads to violence and social collapse. It’s hierarchy that has always protected societies from this violence and collapse.