First two points, yes, though on point three I strongly disagree that modern mass hierarchy has existed on an evolutionary timescale. Neither Homo sapiens nor o

First two points, yes, though on point three I strongly disagree that modern mass hierarchy has existed on an evolutionary timescale. Neither Homo sapiens nor our ancestors ever had hierarchical groups larger than a village until we shifted from hunter-gatherer to agrarian around 10,000 years ago. The core concept is "natural" at a tangible, real scale where it can be seen as an extension of the parent->child form, but nothing in my research has yet refuted the idea that we're actually working against our brain machinery to scale up hierarchies orders of magnitude that defy visualization, though I can see the lizard brain appeal of submission to executive individuals. People can understand a president, CEO, captain. Parental figures. But a parent to thousands or millions, with dozens of steps between you and them? Seems like alienation would be a natural response. Of course, this is all appeal to nature, but still an interesting perspective to consider.