How Social Hierarchy is Inevitable for Society

Social classes are an inevitable part of society. Without social classes society would be insane without laws or political leaders, people would not live in a civilized manner without them. When there aren’t social classes people fight for a certain place in society, such as president or another high rank on today’s social pyramid. Social classes are needed to prove what part of society you belong in. If you were from an insanely rich family, you would get higher on the social pyramid. Social classes also divide us educationally. People on the lower part of the social pyramid like us citizens don’t have to pay for public school until college. However people that have more money pay for private school which people higher on the social class do more than regular everyday citizens.

The social pyramid puts us where we are in society and if we don’t have a certain class, the whole pyramid collapses. Social class keeps our life stable with one removed, the whole thing would collapse. Like if we were to live without the president or laws, life wouldn’t be civilized and our entire society would go into absolute chaos. For example, let’s say that there wasn’t any laws. People would be robbing banks with thousands of witnesses not doing anything about it. People would wreck buildings, steal cars and other belongings, and much more that would happen if there were no laws. And no laws means no political leaders, so if you see absolute chaos outside no one would be able to do anything about it because there are no police, government, or president. Since there are social classes there are laws, policemen, government, president, and a civilized community. One example of social hierarchy benefitting society is in feudal japan. On the top of their social pyramid is the Emperor or the King.

The Emperors/Kings ruled the kingdom, they were known as the god of the countrymen. Once the Emperor/King made an order no person was allowed to not fulfill it. Then the Daimyo the second highest class are known as the warlords and are sometimes known as Shoguns, they lead the samurai into war.The Samurai go into war led by the Daimyo and protected their nation. And under them are Farmers, Craftsmen, Artisans, and Merchants. If these places in the social pyramid were mixed up, the people of japan would be fighting with themselves for spots on the social pyramid and it would be absolute chaos Another example of Social Hierarchy is in Ancient Greece with Athens/Upper Class on the top of the pyramid. Known as the leisure class, they handled government work ,they are also war leaders. They are like the leaders of Greek society. There is then the middle class/metics. They settled in athens but weren’t born in them like the upper class/athens. They make their livelihood in athens which puts them in the second class in Ancient Greek society. They were free men because of how they are second on the social pyramid, but they possessed little rights in comparison to the upper class. They couldn’t vote, to buy land, or to marry someone in a family of citizens. They mostly used to work as constructors, manufacturers, tradesmen, artists, tradesmen, and craftsmen. They weren’t allowed to get a citizenship. Underneath them were the freedmen/lower class and the slaves which had a lot less opportunities than everyone else higher than them. If social classes were not applied during that time. The slaves and freedmen would have the upper hand and have more authority than the upper class/ athens. In conclusion, social classes are an inevitable part of society.

Based on the evidence I displayed, life would be total chaos if social classes aren’t in our life. The Daimyo leading the Samurai into war, and the Emperor/King ruling over the rest of japan would keep civilization organized to put where people are in society and what they do for a living. And how the Upper, Middle, and Lower class affects ancient Greece by putting people in place based on what place they are in in Ancient Greek society. Without social hierarchy in Ancient Greece, a completely non-greek person could be in the upper class and make the people in the upper class go to the lower class or the slave class. To sum it up, Social Classes make our life civilized. And without them, life would be complete chaos.

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