Stratification once allowed society to control interdependence through sphere-specific status and roles

Evidence

In societies that are well-functioning—not in comparison to a hypothetical utopia, but contrasted with other existing or historical cultures—competence, not power, is a prime determiner of status. … Furthermore, the most valid personality trait predictors of long-term success in Western countries are intelligence (as measured with cognitive ability or IQ tests) and conscientiousness (a trait characterized by industriousness and orderliness). — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 910 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

For such a thing as vocation to be possible, there must exist that harmony, whatever its origin, between the structure and development of society, and individual qualities and impulses. It is this general premise that constitutes the ultimate basis of the idea that for every personality there exist a position and a function in society to which he is called and which he must seek and find. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 191 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Competence, not power, determines status in functioning societies. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 910; Society presupposes a harmony between its structure and individual inner callings — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 191; Mobility has become the central axis of stratification in late modernity — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 653 (+1 more)

Related

• Competence, not power, determines status in functioning societies. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Competence, not power, determines status in functioning societies. #contradicts (0.70) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 910
• Society presupposes a harmony between its structure and individual inner callings #expands (0.50) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 191