The Importance of Hierarchies in Politics

Since left and right are relative terms, like hot and cold or up and down, something that's considered a left wing position to day might be considered a right wing position a hundred years later. And stallen surely understood that his authoritarianism represented a dramatic shift to the right. But because his entire legitimacy depended on his status as the leader of the world socialist movement, there is no way he would ever allow himself to be described that way. Ok, so now let's talk a little bit more about hierarchy, because hierarchies are a fundamental part of politics in any large, complex society. Political hierarchies develop in social animals like humans for three main purposes. Number one: They increase efficiency