Kay

“Note the difference between the two. One has to do with placing things in a natural order – something we might or might not have control over. The other has to do with where we choose to place ourselves – it is about the choice of being the last, not the first.”

Dave,
This is such a key point. No one is ever told to “ordinate” themselves ‘over’ anyone else! We are told to hypotasso ourselves – it is voluntary, not involuntary.