hierarchy

"In fact, observing the spirit of egotism which incessantly divides mankind, the ambitious man fomented it with dexterity - flattered the vanity of one, excited the jealousy of another, favored the avarice of this, inflamed the resentment of that, and irritated the passions of all; then, placing in opposition their interests and prejudices, he sowed divisions and hatreds, promised to the poor the spoils of the rich, to the rich the subjection of the poor, threatened one man by another, this class by that, and insulating all by distrust, created his strength by their weakness, and imposed the yoke of opinion which they riveted on each other."