The most counter-intuitive and unpalatable truth of the fact that status runs societies? The more equal we…

The most counter-intuitive and unpalatable truth of the fact that status runs societies? The more equal we are, the more violent societies become. It intensifies rivalry. Our new wannabe kings are an emergent social response. To try to pacify the rivalry. https://t.co/zlDwKGTcf5

In this way, something like Trump is the exact opposite of an ‘authoritarian’ taking over of society. It’s a society looking to try to pacify the interminable rivalry for status, the perpetually violent fight for social identity.