In ancient Egypt, it was believed that the gods gave each individual their role in life. To try to circumvent one's place within society would be to imply that the gods had been wrong, an entirely hubristic folly. Knowing one's place would give one a sense of security, of certainty, of confidence in their actions.

While I do not believe that some eagle-headed man-god existed, never mind put anyone upon the planet, ancient Egyptians were very much correct in this regard: the role of the social hierarchy is to solidify one's place in the world. The roles that our society has created are all important, in their own way: the landowner supplies the land, the farmer tends it; the chimney sweep keeps the auror's floo in safe condition, that he might protect society as a whole.

It is when those whose labour keeps the wheel of progress turning try to cast aside these roles that society runs into problems and risks collapse—one need only observe what happened in France to see the dangers in such things. Indeed, one might argue that contemporary magical society is not rigid enough, particularly with the number of tragedies that have befallen us in recent decades, though I leave further examination of that topic to the experts.

(I, too, know my role.)

[Continues on in this fashion.]