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@zeugmatisse

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At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.

But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse

2/2

At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.

But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse

2/2

At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.

But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse

2/2

At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.

But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse

2/2

At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.

But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.

Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.

I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.

I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.

Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.

And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.

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#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.

Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.

I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.

I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.

Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.

And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.

1/2

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.

Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.

I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.

I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.

Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.

And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.

1/2

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.

Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.

I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.

I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.

Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.

And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.

1/2

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.

Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.

I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.

I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.

Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.

And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.

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#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?

This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind

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🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?

This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind

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🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?

This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind

•|••

🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?

This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind

•|••

🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?

This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind

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🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

#trump just as #Hitler hates #judges #judge

"Following the #Nazi Press criticisms of a judge for an outrageously mild sentence of five years in prison for the murder of his wife, Hitler addressed the judiciary in a speech in the #Reichstag on April 26, 1942. Among other things, Hitler said: "I expect the #German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation ... From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour"

#usa #america #merica #democracy in danger - #constitutionalcrisis - #divisionofpower - #trump wants to ignore judges

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/16F2EC81FEE7278CF5900728F398B30B/S2071832200022896a.pdf/why_adolf_hitler_spared_the_judges_judicial_opposition_against_the_nazi_state.pdf

#trump just as #Hitler hates #judges #judge

"Following the #Nazi Press criticisms of a judge for an outrageously mild sentence of five years in prison for the murder of his wife, Hitler addressed the judiciary in a speech in the #Reichstag on April 26, 1942. Among other things, Hitler said: "I expect the #German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation ... From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour"

#usa #america #merica #democracy in danger - #constitutionalcrisis - #divisionofpower - #trump wants to ignore judges

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/16F2EC81FEE7278CF5900728F398B30B/S2071832200022896a.pdf/why_adolf_hitler_spared_the_judges_judicial_opposition_against_the_nazi_state.pdf

#trump just as #Hitler hates #judges #judge

"Following the #Nazi Press criticisms of a judge for an outrageously mild sentence of five years in prison for the murder of his wife, Hitler addressed the judiciary in a speech in the #Reichstag on April 26, 1942. Among other things, Hitler said: "I expect the #German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation ... From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour"

#usa #america #merica #democracy in danger - #constitutionalcrisis - #divisionofpower - #trump wants to ignore judges

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/16F2EC81FEE7278CF5900728F398B30B/S2071832200022896a.pdf/why_adolf_hitler_spared_the_judges_judicial_opposition_against_the_nazi_state.pdf