Once attuned to unjust or involuntary hierarchies, one realizes their ubiquity in modern society. Hierarchy and bureaucracy are useful and efficient, but while the imagined ideal is a meritocratic Star Trek bridge crew, they are commonly economically coercive, Kafkaesque, nepotistic, oligarchic power structures that serve those at the top rather than serving the systems’ purported ends.
At least that’s my worldview, which is broadly anarchic. I disagree with the notion of people having to - by force or coercion - submit to another’s power without easy escape. I am happy to follow leaders voluntarily for mutual benefit as long as I am truly free to reclaim my autonomy at any time - the social contract.
But think of the economics snares - particularly tying employment to housing and healthcare, and birth citizenship being involuntary and difficult/expensive to change. I could go further into detail to summarize my beliefs but you probably get my general perspective. I’m fortunate enough that in theory I could escape most of the hierarchies I’m under, but most humans in practice do not have that freedom and that saddens me.
> the imagined ideal is a meritocratic Star Trek bridge crew
Incidentally, this is why The Wrath of Khan was so great, because it showed that Kirk was fallible in a number of ways. He messed up by leaving Khan on Ceti Alpha V, he messed up by ignoring Saavik citing regulations to raise shields, he was embarrassed to appear fallible by putting on glasses to read, he admitted to cheating on the Kobayashi Maru test, and only Spock's sacrifice saved them all from destruction.
At least that’s my worldview, which is broadly anarchic. I disagree with the notion of people having to - by force or coercion - submit to another’s power without easy escape. I am happy to follow leaders voluntarily for mutual benefit as long as I am truly free to reclaim my autonomy at any time - the social contract.
But think of the economics snares - particularly tying employment to housing and healthcare, and birth citizenship being involuntary and difficult/expensive to change. I could go further into detail to summarize my beliefs but you probably get my general perspective. I’m fortunate enough that in theory I could escape most of the hierarchies I’m under, but most humans in practice do not have that freedom and that saddens me.