Using a "so you're saying..." comment attached to a straw man might goad me on some days, but I'm not particularly feeling it today. Take it from someone who has felt the consequences of ignoring the social hierarchy on occasion that there are indeed consequences.
My point is that the fact that there can be consequences is different from there are always consequences. The fact that there can be consequences is also different from claiming that the consequences can't be accepted or ignored.
I'm not goading you with a straw man. You are the one that made it.
Nobody is saying that social hierarchy doesn't ever matter, just that it can be largely ignored with minimal consequences.