Hierarchies Values, Rituals and Beliefs in Civilization

I relished in how Strayer’s Ways of the World, chapter 3 speaks about the continuum of rulers. Strayer’s points out that no matter the era there has always been a hierarchy society, “Gathering and hunting people, agricultural societies organized around kinship principle and village life, emerging chiefdoms, and pastoral peoples”. Men are rulers of women. The rich rule over the poor, and this way of life form the world to what we live in today. Hence, its obvious power supersedes the less powerful. Ironically, you would assume that the agricultural era was an egalitarian society, but it was more of a social dominated movement for the owners of land masses (fief). Historically, humans from near and far have always had belief systems, that a greater power is responsible for all human nature, natural nature, and animal nature, ranging from disasters to good fortunes. You wonder are people born evil. Without these ideological attitudes regarding life I could imagine what type of civilization we would live in today? Religion is one of society’s biggest mysteries. Indeed, belief systems, maintain a certain order in people. Ironically, the same order has been used to control the masses. But taken in account that all religions are intertwine and perfected overtime I personally enjoy the freedom of pluralism. I take in account totally, and then extract out what actually works for me.