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Cornelius Castoriadis. GOVERNMENT AND HIERARCHY

We live in a society with a hierarchical organization, this is manifested in the work, production, factories, or in administration, politics in the state, as well as in education and scientific research. The hierarchy is not an invention of modern society. Its origins lie very far, although it has not always existed, and those non-hierarchical society functioned perfectly. But in modern society, a hierarchical (or almost the same bureaucratic) system has become virtually universal. If by any collectivetive activity, it is based on a hierarchical principle, hierarchy and authority coincides with the hierarchy of salaries and incomes.

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