I think any take of what people mean by “status” has to include both prestige and dominance, respect and pecking order. Even a dominance hierarchy, communities are founded on the middle being illegible, which allows for non-zero-sum dynamics.
This is why I think it’s about 50⁄50, but of course if you think of only literal pecking order and only the bits that are legible, I could see that bit being 0 sum. IE, there’s usually only one leader.
I think any take of what people mean by “status” has to include both prestige and dominance, respect and pecking order. Even a dominance hierarchy, communities are founded on the middle being illegible, which allows for non-zero-sum dynamics.
This is why I think it’s about 50⁄50, but of course if you think of only literal pecking order and only the bits that are legible, I could see that bit being 0 sum. IE, there’s usually only one leader.