But it works both ways, hierarchical power positions both atract "otherizers" aka those with inclination to psychopathic behavior and strengthen and bring out the innate potential which is found in each of us. As the infamous Stanford prison experiment clearly shows.
What you say about "regional scale dynamics" is interesting, as US is fighting against Pashtun and armed resistance of Pashtuns joining Taleban. Pashtun culture has ethnic and linguistic aspect, but more importantly "Pashtun" is defined anarchic code of behavior http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtunwali, which also many other neighboring non-ethnic Pashtun's have adopted. And I just found about this famous Pashtun anarchist and pacifist, who was said to be greatly influenced by Thoreau, as was his friend Gandhi, but no doubt his reading of Thoreau resonated with his anarchic cultural background and understanding of Pashtunwali:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Abdul_Ghaffar_Khan
As for "others", Pashtunwali stresses the importance of hospitality, which means that if e.g. American soldiers, who has previous day been shooting at a Pashtun village and killing people there, asks hospitality from a villager, he will be given that.
Pasthunwali is obviously an anarchic form of social organization of regional level, but has importance also on global level, as ancient ethical code that is succesfully resisting both Soviet Union and USA.
There are of course many other historical and contemporary examples of regional and now global level anarchic cooperation, Ting of Iceland and Zapatistas-Indignados-Occupy-Idle No More-etc. social movements.
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