La societat rural mostra un model de comportament inalterable al llarg del temps, amb poques innovacions i governada més pels costums que per les lleis. Una societat sense privacitat on la hipocresia no és possible. El simple refús comporta una ofensa i una reacció violenta. Una vegada destapada la conflictivitat, per mitjà de les fonts judicials, sorgeixen desenes de problemàtiques quotidianes pròpies d’una societat horitzontal, fins a aquell moment amagades i que poden enriquir i canviar la visió de la història verticalRural society exhibits a pattern of behaviour which is unchanging throughout time, with few innovations, ruled by tradition rather than laws. It is a society without privacy where hypocrisy is not possible; a simple denial would lead to an offence often accompanied by violent feedback. Once conflict is made public by means of justice, dozens of daily problems not uncommon in horizontal societies come up: a set of hidden social problems which may enrich and eventually change our perspective on vertical histor
