Are Hierarchical Structures Based on Power or Competency?

"The patriarch structure that we hypothetically all occupy, that's fundamentally predicated on oppression and power, breaks apart into something approximating co operative competence when you look at any of its sub components. And so i don't understand how the entire structure can be a power dominated, oppressive patriarchy if none of the sub components are," he says. "I'm not saying at all that within large hierarchies there isn't room for relatively psychopathic people to now and then manage a certain amount of success."