Dominance Hierarchy in Rats Is a Projection of a Political Ideology

A friend of mine, business partner and guy that i've written scientific papers with, very smart guy, took me to task. He said the idea of dominante hiarchy was actually a projection of a early twentieth century quasi marxis hypothesis on to the animal kingdom being observed. And it took me months to think about it. It gave credence to the notion that the ethics that guide us are mere socio logical, epiphedominal constructs. They're deep, deeply rooted. So for rats to play, they have to play fair, or they won't play with each other. Now if you're a psychopath,  you're not going to be particularly successful in