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 Keep Your Status

Your Status is as Sovereign once you become of age; a living breathing Man or Woman. Self-governing and having Supreme 

Authority.
As we are all Sovereign, and have equal status, we need to accept titles within a group or structure, and give authority to those with higher titles to tell us what to do.

The Legal System will try and lower your status so you lose your rights, and are coerced into accepting contracts you need not agree to.

Hierarchy
This is done by creating a Hierarchy and placing you at the bottom.
The Greek word Arch means rule.

Hierarchy: A combination of the Greek word Hier, meaning “Sacred” and the word Arch meaning “Ruler”;  Hierarchy, with the earliest sense means “system of order of angels and heavenly beings.”
From 17th century Hierarchy means a system of “Rulers”, with varying rank and status.

Monarchy: Monos is a Greek word meaning “alone” and Uni is from Latin meaning “one”. Mono is derived from these words, and hence Monarchy means “One Ruler”.

Anarchy: Two words from the Greek language, An meaning “without”, and the Archos meaning “Chief” or “Ruler”; combination of these words means “Without Ruler”.