There are so many issues: the environment, the election process, war, jobs, taxes, health care, foreign relations, first amendment, freespeech, education, the economy.

Like music, one cannot "see" the economy", but one can feel its effects. And right now, the ordinary citizen is feeling the crunch. We, the lower-archy, need to find our way back, through grassroots non-hierarchical organization.

A heterarchy is a network of elements sharing common goals in which each element shares the same "horizontal" position of power and authority, each having an equal vote. A heterarchy may be independent or at some level in a hierarchy.

Both a hierarchy and a heterarchy are systems in which multiple dynamic power structures govern the actions of the system. They represent different types of network structures that allow differing degrees of connectivity. In a hierarchy every node is connected to at most one parent node and zero or more child nodes. In a heterarchy, however, a node can be connected to any of its surrounding nodes without needing to go through or get permission from some other node. Increasingly, business is beginning to become aware of the advantages of new organizational structures as outlined in Wikinomics

Socially, a heterarchy distributes privilege and decision-making among participants, while a hierarchy assigns more power and privilege to the members high in the structure (eg. global elite, corporatists, rich white men). A heterarchical structure processes more information more effectively than hierarchical design. An example of the potential effectiveness of heterarchy would be the rapid growth of the heterarchical Wikipedia project in comparison with the failed growth of the Nupedia project. Heterarchy increasingly trumps hierarchy as complexity and rate of change increase.

A heterarchical network could be used to describe neuron connections or democracy. Although not discussed or even remotely within reach, another "archy" --Anarchy --only works with totally self-realized, responsible, peaceful individuals. Obviously, humanity is not ready for this. It really is a Savage World.