As for hierarchies and dictatorships, I was identifying the form of hierarchy you've been discussing. A hierarchy is merely any system in which something or someone is ranked one above the other. A dictatorship is when one person has control and/or power over the rest of the group.
Neither of these describe the early behavior of children OR the behavior of most tribes. And whether you believe it or not, most healthy people today DON'T desire the "alpha" position. This kind of behavior is pretty exclusive to those with mental disorders, which continue to be
grossly under-diagnosed. A healthy person is social, but feels no need to exert power/authority/etc. over others... they do, however, feel the urge to be social and share with others/help them. They maintain a healthy balance between meeting their needs and extending their skills to others. They are self-focused in that they take care of themselves but have no interest in controlling other people. Now we could debate this in to the ground, but that's all I care to say about this topic since you are obviously not even going to consider that you *might* be wrong in your assumptions. Personally, I will not even entertain the idea that your projection of humanity is as you state. I did at one time, and it led me
through a miserable existence... which is why at my very core I know this ideology is the wrong way to go if one wants to be happy in their lives. I have LIVED under that kind of hierarchy, dictatorship, whatever you want to call it... and am
much happier now that I have gotten away from that type of thinking and that type of existence. Either way, it's pretty unrelated to the current topic, so I'm jetting off. Ciao.
