Hierarchy

Hierarchy is by modern times a saliently enough thoroughly mutated term in its common meaning; but also commonly retains its meaning of ‘order of rank’. The word is from Medieval Latin hierarchia "ranked division of angels" (in the system of Dionysius the Areopagite), from Greek hierarkhia "rule of a high priest," from hierarkhes "high priest, leader of sacred rites," from ta hiera "the sacred rites" (neuter plural of hieros "sacred;" see ire) + arkhein "to lead, rule" (see archon).
Hierarchy is part and parcel of any social arrangement, and most egalitarian political movements are only egalitarian until they have control of the levers of power enough to benefit their leaders. To borrow from Animal Farm, ultimately some animals become more equal than others.Despite many egalitarian movements over time, especially as regards religion, hierarchy would appear to be the primary organizational factor that allows ideas and institutions to scale and persist. Hierarchy is also tied to what is broadly called “rent seeking” — using established positions of power to draw benefits without necessarily providing new value. In a state of pure competition profits tend to evaporate, and it is organization and the establishment of barriers that prevent the diffusion of value, with differentiation and protection required to maintain a profitable arrangement over the long-term. Differentiation can include things like scale, quality, and branding, where protection includes having the legal or tactical capacity to hinder a competitor, or the mimetic loyalty of a brand. Examples of the later include patents, a dominant position in a market, or ownership of technical infrastructure that walls out new competitors and ossifies the technical backbone for an economy.--- Andrew D. Knapp, Sep 7, 2020.https://andrew-knapp.medium.com/neofeudalism-hierarchical-mimetic-networks-in-an-unfair-society-844aa36ae2bf‘Order of Rank’ is a concept (added to/used/developed) by Nietzsche; Health ranking is a concept in health science. 
== Holarchy ==
Holarchy is commonly referred to as a form of hierarchy;[1] however, hierarchy, by its definition, has both an absolute top and bottom. But this is not logically possible in a holon, as it is both a whole and a part. "A holon (Greek: ὅλον, holon neuter form of ὅλος, holos "whole") is something that is simultaneously a whole and a part. The word was used by Arthur Koestler in his book The Ghost in the Machine (1967, p. 48) and the phrase to hólon is a Greek translation from the Latin word universum, in the sense of totality, a whole.[1] "
David Spangler uses the term in a different meaning: "In a hierarchy, participants can be compared and evaluated on the basis of position, rank, relative power, seniority, and the like. But in a holarchy each person’s value comes from his or her individuality and uniqueness and the capacity to engage and interact with others to make the fruits of that uniqueness available."[2]
‘Holarchy’ is a term in ‘multiagent systems’ theory "Multiagent systems are systems composed of autonomous software entities. They are able to simulate a system or to solve problems. A holarchy may be easily mapped to a hierarchy of agents in which an agent is composed of agents, and may have its own behavior defined as a partial consequence of these parts' behaviors." w19 
== Rhizomata ==
Status; Order; Difference; Differentiation
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