Is there a book arguing for hierarchy from the perspective of a commoner?
Well, there’s Hard to be a God, in which the (quite common-born) Doctor Budakh argues thus:
“… Look, for instance, how our society is arranged. How pleasing to the eye this clear, geometrically proper system! On the bottom are the peasants and laborers, above them the nobility, then the clergy, and finally, the king. How thought out it all is, what stability, what a harmonious order! What else can change in this polished crystal, emerged from the hands of the celestial jeweler? There are no buildings sturdier than pyramidal ones, any experienced architect will tell you that.” He raised his finger didactically. “Grain, poured from a sack, does not settle in an even layer, but forms a so-called conic pyramid. Each grain clings to the other, trying not to roll down. So with humanity. If it wants to be a whole, people must cling to one another, inevitably forming a pyramid.”
“Do you seriously consider this world to be perfect?” asked Rumata with surprise. “After meeting don Reba, after the prison…”
“But of course, my young friend! There is much in the world I do not like, much I would like to see otherwise… But what can be done? In the eyes of higher powers, perfection looks otherwise, than in mine. …”
[Translation mine.]
(Naturally, this is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek answer—which is to say, I agree with your point.)
Well, there’s Hard to be a God, in which the (quite common-born) Doctor Budakh argues thus:
[Translation mine.]
(Naturally, this is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek answer—which is to say, I agree with your point.)