I'm okay with limited and local hierarchies. It would be acceptable to me if the entity at the top of my hierarchy is known to me personally and part of my geographic community.
I, however, take issue with being dictated to by someone living in a palace thousands of miles away.
I don't eschew all hierarchies. I'm just sensitive to hierarchies that are out of control. Stop turning everything into it's extreme. Classic Straw Man: change an opponent's argumentent into something you can easily defeat.
