There are no ‘authoritarian’ political systems, just as there are no ‘free’ political systems. There are no…

There are no ‘authoritarian’ political systems, just as there are no ‘free’ political systems. There are no political systems at all. There’s just people, acting socially, in every part of the world. What we call authoritarian is a strong social status hierarchy. 1/2

‘Democracies’ are also strong social status hierarchies, hidden behind grand fictions about ‘the people’ running things. Stable societies have strong status hierarchies. Weak social status hierarchies are countries run by drug gangs. Competing hierarchies with no dominance. 2/2