How far does hierarchy extend its wrath? Heavy yes, but I keep wondering what if hierarchy was a virtue in the non-living. Will they also breathe qualities of vanity and pride just like humans do?
Designations; mere words matter so much to so many. Funny enough; yesterday while I was traveling, I saw this lighting switches advert which read as follows - Lighting India (with Gateway of India being lit by their switches). I started thinking if positions mattered so much then would the switch lighting a monument/ valuable building have superiority over the switches in my house? Or or even the switch lighting the lamps of my house's exterior feel inferior to the ones lighting the master bedroom? After all rules are simple. Your job defines how you are perceived by the society and for some the way you are defined in the society defines how you feel about yourself.
According to me, hierarchy is just yet another attempt of man to bring order to chaos. Humans cannot stand something that is not controlled by them or defined by their rules. Organisation is still a very minute factor, it hasn't taken a lot of effort for man to immediately define constellations, seasons, time etc to curb them to his own advantage. Hierarchy is pretty much the same for my thought process, some day some father thought - if I die as the head of this kingdom, no one would remember me if I don't leave behind an heir and ofcourse the way I have spoiled him he wouldn't at all get a job! Simple and now people talk about their lineages!
