#hierarchy

In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of individuals from entrenched social division and hierarchy; in such a world individuals must never be puppets or prisoners of the societies or cultures into which they have been born. ↗

— Roberto Unger

#born #cultures #democracies #division #emancipation

Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life. ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#hierarchy #education

Unfortunately, in a hierarchical structure, power relationships tend to determine the content; there is always the danger that a "rank-based" logic will prevail. Managers, intent on advancement, tend to supply the information they know their superiors want to hear, rather than the information they ought to hear. Large organizations tend, therefore, to become systematically stupid. ↗

— John Médaille

#politics #relationship

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#debate #democratic #democratic society #hierarchy #inspiration

I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#been #doing #everyday #everyday life #find

If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#catholic #catholic church #church #hierarchy #living

I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#hierarchy #i #say #situation #states

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#fear #hierarchy

A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him. ↗

— George Orwell

#down-and-out-in-paris-and-london #education #fear #george-orwell #hierarchy

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors ... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same. ↗

— George Orwell

#oligarchy #ruling-class #life