[Shellie]

There are many other animals out there at the top of the food chain- all strictly carnivores are.

And I do not see any connections between vertical patriarchal power structures and the food chain. In either situation, we all die and the microbes get us- they turn us into nutrients that feed plants, that feed the herbivores, that feed the omnivores and the carnivores. But as far as the system goes, one sick power-hungry monster dies and nobody benefits. They just get replaced by another sick power-hungry monster. The little guy doesn't get a piece of anything.