WHAT IS POLITICS? 10.3 The Ingredients of Hierarchy: Graeber & Wengrow’s Dawn of Everything Chapter 3, ”Unfreezing the Ice Age”
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Feb 22, 2022 
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Dominance Hierarchy Ingredients
- Dominance hierarchies arise from controlled resource access and lack of alternatives.
- This power imbalance forces those without resources to submit to those who control them.
Hierarchy in Capitalism
- Your boss's control over your salary explains workplace hierarchy.
- Early capitalism's limited control over resources and available alternatives hindered hierarchy.
Left vs. Right on Hierarchy
- The right supports existing hierarchies; the left seeks to reduce them.
- Thinkers on both sides have debated the origins of human social structures.