[O]ur only real choice is between glad submission to natural authority on the one hand or forced submission to naked power on the other. The choice is not between evil submission and good equality. As C.S. Lewis comments, ‘The modern idea that we can choose between Hierarchy and equality is, for Shakespeare’s Ulysses, mere moonshine. The real alternative is tyranny; if you will not have authority you will find yourself obeying brute force.’
Douglas Wilson in Angels in the Architecture: A Protestant Vision for Middle Earth