Why do we need hierarchies?

Devdutt Pattanaik

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There is hierarchy everywhere…

• Bharat Ratna• Padma Vibhushan• Padma Bhusan• Padma Sri

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…except one 3

Hierarchy presupposes inequality

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Or at least difference5

Maya = Maap-danda6

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Hierarchy exists in nature

But it is not permanent8

It ensures the fittest survives9

Animals know who they are10

Humans wonder who they are?

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What is my value?12

What I have is measurable13

I am what I have14

I am more if I have more15

Have = Object of Envy16

We can’t bear images of starvation

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But we glamorize robots = industries that create no jobs

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And we shoot illegal ‘aliens’19

I need to protect what I am I need to protect what I have

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