Isn't it incredibly obvious that hierarchical structures, even when they start o get a hint of tyranny, offer more freedom to the individual than "structureless" ones?! (my definition of "freedom" here is "freedom to do my thing however I want to do it, whether the majority agree or nor, whether I'm right or not").
In a "structureless"/"not explicitly structured" social system you have to always keep your senses sharp and always be observant about the hidden power structure that always changes. This takes a huuuge amount of mental energy, at least for me, and I can put this energy to waaaay better uses. In a functional "structured system", even if for short periods of time the wrong people get in charge, you can at least not spend 50% of your energy in tasks related to the perpetual reorganization of the power structure and the silent but continuous fights for power, and actually have time and energy for solving the problems (and no, the problem is never "who's in charge?", nobody gives a fuck "who's in charge"!) Yeah, you may have to do the problem solving while lying "yes sir, I'll do it like this" to the bosses, and then go on and do things "your way" in reality, but it's waaaaay less stressful then either:
- being in/around a perpetual silent power-fight
- not knowing who really is in charge (this is what I find the most stressful, because if you know who really is in charge you can solve any serious problem by jumping over your superiors and talking to someone more enlightened higher up the food chain)
"Non-micromanaging 'cold' hierarchies" (by 'cold' I mean both "relatively rigid", like not in a continuous reorganization and power fight, and non-empathic to even semi-autistical, like being relatively unperturbed by temporary emotions) and "benevolent tyrants" are to me the best models for helping the "makers" function at 100%. And "the makers" are the ones actually solving the problems and keeping the profit flow.
In a "structureless"/"not explicitly structured" social system you have to always keep your senses sharp and always be observant about the hidden power structure that always changes. This takes a huuuge amount of mental energy, at least for me, and I can put this energy to waaaay better uses. In a functional "structured system", even if for short periods of time the wrong people get in charge, you can at least not spend 50% of your energy in tasks related to the perpetual reorganization of the power structure and the silent but continuous fights for power, and actually have time and energy for solving the problems (and no, the problem is never "who's in charge?", nobody gives a fuck "who's in charge"!) Yeah, you may have to do the problem solving while lying "yes sir, I'll do it like this" to the bosses, and then go on and do things "your way" in reality, but it's waaaaay less stressful then either:
- being in/around a perpetual silent power-fight
- not knowing who really is in charge (this is what I find the most stressful, because if you know who really is in charge you can solve any serious problem by jumping over your superiors and talking to someone more enlightened higher up the food chain)
"Non-micromanaging 'cold' hierarchies" (by 'cold' I mean both "relatively rigid", like not in a continuous reorganization and power fight, and non-empathic to even semi-autistical, like being relatively unperturbed by temporary emotions) and "benevolent tyrants" are to me the best models for helping the "makers" function at 100%. And "the makers" are the ones actually solving the problems and keeping the profit flow.