What are the advantages of social stratification?

There are few to no discernible advantages to social strata, excepting for the elite.

Advantages

• Greater status and economical/political holding and clout for the elite
• Simple society with no hypocrisy or confusions as to people's opinions of others' "places"

Disadvantages

• Infringement upon civil rights, including even basic ones
• Often inappropriate to some religious faiths and beliefs
• Unfair division, especially that most common of basis on birth
• Causes understandable tension and generally leads to often violent rebellion
• Morally unacceptable