Group 1 consists of the higher-ups, in which there exists the rich and powerful, the popular, often famous (or infamous), and the proud. They are the master mind bullies of the world that yank the chains of their unsuspecting underlings, or shoot, proverbially speaking, and sometimes with real bullets, at the feet of those they demand obedience from. The higher-ups delegate and attempt to command.
Group 2 contains the lower-downs. Within this grouping we have pilot fish like humans that are the wannabes, those that want-to-be, held in high regard one day, if only, they too, do all the right things, in just the right ways, as they watch and with hope in their hearts, learn from the higher-ups. In this group obsequiousness can be observed as a common trait, as a way to accommodate and oblige the higher-ups. The lower-downs assign tasks, using the authority given them by the up-line bosses.
Group 3 subsists as the never-never landers, the people that do not have high, or low, goals and status, but quite simply, just exist. They coast along the course of life without a care or concern for much of anything; this sort, will go along to get along, and are easy prey for the the rulers of the prevailing social hierarchy. They can also be used effectually by the lower-downs, as gophers and errand boys, or crowd control agents in and among the masses. The never-never landers do the bidding of the lower-downs, and indirectly, the higher-ups.
A story from my past
I recall picking up my son at lunch time from his grade school. He was about six years old, and his first words when entering the car were, Look mommy, a boy gave this to me! He held in his hand, a bear claw, a chocolate cake like dessert wrapped in plastic. I asked, Why did he give that to you? He replied, He was thanking me for letting him play soccer at recess, I told my son that we do not accept gifts for playing with our friends, and that he must return it after he went back to school following the lunch break. He stated, But he wanted me to have it mommy. Poor little fella, I could see why he didn't want to return the prized bear claw, but I did not like what I was hearing, and when I learned what was happening socially within this young group of children, it helped me as a parent, to steer my son away from using his cache to get gifts, and toward continuing to be kind and welcoming, because he wanted everyone to play, without leaving anyone out. The book, The Male Brain, by Louann Brizendine, gave me insights I continue to share with moms that have sons. You may want to learn about the tendency we have as humans, to reciprocate, when someone has been kind to us. Marketers use this technique to increase sales in such a wanton and wicked way, that the lonely and vulnerable are fleeced of their funds in an alarming fashion, and with much regularity. Perhaps add the book Influence, by Robert Cialdini, to your reading list.
From reading The Male Brain, I learned that there are leaders and there are followers and this social structure, starts early in a child's life. A follower will perceive who it is that they must pander to in order to garner favour in the forms of inclusion into the group via the leaders approval, or protection from the leader in times of potential strife inside of the group, or from outsiders that form a different group. My son was a gregarious little guy, and he was always inviting people to participate, including the children that were newly imported into Canada. Out of gratitude, children would try to give my son gifts, and this is understandable, given our urge to reciprocate when someone is kind to us, as noted above. A born leader, will have followers, whether they want them or not, and my son was innocently standing out, as someone people liked, and trusted, to lead them.
Fitting in is what most of us want, especially in childhood. That need to be accepted, to be a part of a group, to be identified as a person of interest, can lead us to making unsavoury decisions that have us coalescing and colluding with people that do not have the same values we hold near and dear. There was a prevailing social hierarchy during the cv craze, that had adults mindlessly following wicked leaders, as they were pressured to fit in, to comply, and to pay homage to the ones they believed deserved honour and glory, since they had status and prestige above and beyond the average, everyday, not really noteworthy, human. To be aligned with the great thinkers, movers and shakers, means being in the grandest, most popular group, and this is what the masses have suffered, namely, a mass psychos that had them lying to themselves in order to tow the line, they unwittingly held in their hands.
It is one thing for a child to try to fit in, or for an adolescent to do stupid things to gain notoriety and status in a high school peer group, but it behooves adults, to think for themselves, and to take a stand against those that pressure them to make rash decisions, based on what the majority is supposedly and purported, doing. The prevailing social hierarchy remains intact, as evidenced by the hurried and raging defending, of the villains that perpetrated crimes against humanity during the cv years and beyond, by the very victims that were injured, or had injured family and friends that eventually died. Loyalty to the leader that uses his followers to bolster his own ego and to line his own pockets, as I am describing it, is a faulty methodology for the underling ... to believe you will get favour, or protection, from a loud and foul mouthed bully, is insanity. Not all leaders, ought to be followed - some of them are power hungry soulless monsters ... can you think of anyone like that off the top of your head? Perhaps a couple of the global "leaders" immediately came to mind?
It is no wonder, that the prevailing social hierarchy rejects dissidents, maligning them, and insinuating that there is something wrong with them, because they do not go with the crowd. Satan likes when humans go with his flow, when he is selling us up the river, so to speak. Lucifer prefers his prey to be malleable, pleasant, agreeable, and easy to manipulate, and so do those that do his bidding. It entertains Luciferian's to no end, to see people tripping over themselves, in hero worship and grovelling. School yard bullies all grown-up, never really change, unless of course, they repent of their sins.
Tell tale signs of a grown-up bully with accompanying attitudes and beliefs:
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