I think the social hierarchy thing is less about being on top and more about being a fundamentally important character in a larger story. I don't think it's unr

I think the social hierarchy thing is less about being on top and more about being a fundamentally important character in a larger story. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that theoretically there's some arrangement in which everyone could feel as though they're exactly where they should be, and are playing exactly the role they should within that story. Not a supporting role, or a subservient role, but a role which was really THEM. People don't want to be a pawn in somebody else's game in order to be respected. How exactly you get there is totally beyond me, and I'm not entirely sure how to articulate what I mean by "story". But I think you lose something when you give up on trying to engineer stories with happy endings. I don't think you can really live your life fully unless you have some sort of hope for the future.