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I know. Marcus Aurelius hit the nail on the head with one of his quotes, which is slightly above. I won't say which one.

But you missed the mark...

In the scheme described above, there is no power struggle (except for point 4, which is rare); it is purely a battle of ideas. Which can be pursued equally successfully from any of the positions described.

Let me reveal a small secret to you: in healthy teams, the power struggle is not conducted at all most of the time. Often, the person at the top of the formal hierarchy is there by chance, and everyone is okay with it.

But the battle of ideas in a living, developing team is almost always ongoing.

I'm too lazy to even comment on these ideas in a perfect vacuum. In the power structures described in your "scheme," there is always a struggle for power and a higher position. And "healthy" teams, where money and power are involved, are more of an exception or exist in small groups. And even such exceptions will quickly fall apart or lose a significant number of their members if the person who "accidentally took the top spot in the formal hierarchy" begins to act solely according to their own understanding, disregarding the opinions of the other participants in the process, for example, when executing a contract. Or do you think that everyone will accept what they signed up for, for example, a specific salary and a certain number of hours per week for that salary, and the boss decides to reduce the salary by 2 times and increase the number of hours by 2 times? And all those who disagree are "non-systemic opposition," and their opinion should not be taken into account, otherwise, they might become a burden and prevent further abuse and enjoyment, right?
You are acting in a similar way, changing the rules to suit your desires in the middle of the tournament.