The pyramides stands still on their tops. However, the the tops are a not absolutely sharp any more. The kings do not have real political power. Right to make political decisions has been transferred to parliaments elected by public elections. In the beginning the system is progressive.
Power pyramides of the national states seem to stand on their bottoms.
The state ownership of land is transformed to private or public monetary values and evaluations. However, the democratic stage does not stand for long. The industrialization goes on fastly and cumulating capital in monatery societies pass the signifigance of politically elected organs. Political power pyramids are splitted or they loose their forms. Multinational industrial corporations and worldwide financing systems govern all the world.