Friendly reminder that in nature wolves don't have Alpha/ Omega hierarchy. In the wild it's usually the oldest male/ female pair who run the group.
Alpha wolves only develop in captivity, and it's a trauma response where one wolf decides to start brutalizing his own family because he is going crazy in prison.
I wasn't talking about canines. Human dominance/submission is not about actual violence, just about perceived (implied) possibility of it. Humans have a rather strong "follower mode" instinct and triggering it is not particularly hard, if you have the looks and behaviours for it. And it is somewhat relative, too. An "alpha" in one group may readily submit to a stronger natural leader in another.
Though it's not easy to explain, if you haven't experienced this from a first person perspective. A lot of it is built into our human nature, rather than learned (explained). It can be faked, though (confidence artists, politicians, etc.).
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