A pecking order by age

Japanese has a great deal of contribution into a pecking order which is determined by their age. They have to use so much Keigo or formal ways of language when talking with the older. This rule is almost compulsory in almost all the situations in Japan, except when talking with a member of their family or other situations such as with the older who they have so close relationship that they agree or 'feel' they don't need to use Keigo.

The older is always in higher than the younger. The younger must not talk back the older even when they think the older has said something wrong or unreasonable. The younger must do what the order has told them to even when they don't want to do that or they think it's silly, embarrasing or causing damage. On the other hand, the older can do or act whatever they want.

Youngers are miserable when their older colleague or member of club their belong are cruel. They might be forced to drink so much that they could end up vomit or lose their memory....even die of alcohol. As for the older, they have a reason to do such cruels: they were once forced to do same thing when they were younger. And they follow suit as a tradition.

Some youngers find it pleasure, but others(like me) find nothing but pain and don't like it. And there's probably no way out of it, so people who don't like it have to tolerate anyway.

I don't like the system because it just doesn't make sense. We probably need a pecking order or hierarchy-thing in a company or managing world, but not in a whole life!