Social Hierarchy

 

 

A system in which people or groups is ranked one above the other according to status or authority. The upper echelons of a hierarchical system are those in authority. A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company.

 

A hierarchy is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an important concept in a wide variety of fields, such as philosophy, architecture, design, mathematics, computer science, organizational theory, systems theory, systematic biology, and the social sciences (especially political philosophy).

A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they are hierarchical, are to one’s immediate superior or to one of one’s subordinates, although a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarchies. Hierarchical links can extend "vertically" upwards or downwards via multiple links in the same direction, following a path. All parts of the hierarchy that are not linked vertically to one another nevertheless can be "horizontally" linked through a path by traveling up the hierarchy to find a common direct or indirect superior, and then down again. This is akin to two co-workers or colleagues; each reports to a common superior, but they have the same relative amount of authority. Organizational forms exist that are both alternative and complementary to hierarchy. Hierarchy is one such form.

 

Many countries have caste systems. It may be religious affiliation or economic wealth or family background. We segregate each other by our identity.

When you get employed, there is a caste system. Bosses have offices and secretaries and that position is to be strived for it brings more pay and power.

Hierarchy is good for everyone to know their place in society. If you are comfortable with the status quo, then everything is fine. If you live on the other side of the tracks, life is a struggle to cross over for the promise of the other side hope and wealth and a better life for you and your family.

Until you get there and it is not the field of dreams you wished for.

In the end it doesn’t matter. The worms will eat the rich and the poor.