Social hierarchies

from Flying Free

Naturally, social hierarchies are safe for those at the top. They're designed to preserve the existing social structure, which already prioritizes the needs and perspectives of the group with power. Social hierarchies don't make less powerful people and groups safer. Rather, they exacerbate any vulnerabilities and pose danger and harm to marginalized people.

If a system relies on the powerful group behaving rightly and not abusing their power, then the system is already unjust and therefore, unsafe, for less powerful groups.