Meaningless of Hierarchy During a Storm

I have great comfort from this fellow; methinks he
hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect
gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging. Make the
rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little
advantage. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is
miserable.
(1.1.25-30)

Gonzalo says these lines during Act I, Scene I. During this scene the boat is in fear of sinking. While the boatswain is doing his job on the ship of trying to keep the ship from sinking, Alonso and his party go on deck. Alonso, Antonio and Gonzalo are all trying to have some fun and make jokes about their situation.

When Antonio pokes fun at the Boatswain and the seriousness the Boatswain is taking towards the storm, the Boatswain retorts, no caring about any of the royal parties power over him. The Boatswain's courage towards Alonso, Antonio and Gonzalo is regarded as foolishness in their eyes. After the Boatswain tries to repeatedly get the royal party below decks with harsh words, in the royal parties eyes, Gonzalo reminds the Boatswain that he is talking to Alonso, the King of Naples.

When the Boatswain tells Gonzalo that he does not care for anyone but himself until the storm passes, Gonzalo finds comfort in this. The reason Gonzalo finds comfort in the Boatswain is said above in the quotation.

Gonzalo means that if it were not for the situation with the storm, the Boatswain would be hung for how he spoke to Alonso and the royal party, and even with knowing that the Boatswain still says it. It showed Gonzalo that saving the boat from sinking was more important to the Boatswain at that time that insulting the royal party. The Boatswain's number one duty at that moment was to save the ship and its occupants. But even in that sense Gonzalo sees the Boatswain destined to be hung and Gonzalo finds comfort in this because than the Boatswain could not be destined for drowning, which means the ship might be saved.

People believed in a natural order of people determined by nature, in other words, hierarchy. God was at the top if the order, but the king was on the top of the social order with humans. During this scene Shakespeare wanted to show the disregard of hierarchy. The Boatswain does not listen to the royal party and tries to order them below deck. There is a disregard of hierarchy because the Boatswain is far below on the levels of hierarchy than any of the royal party. The Boatswain observes that the social hierarchy is unnecessary and unimportant in the face of the storm, or nature. Nature created equality between the servants of the ship and the royal party. Shakespeare wanted to show his audience that hierarchy can be destroyed and disregarded by nature. It made the audience ask the question; Is hierarchy really created by nature, even with natures ability to destroy hierarchy with just a storm and fear, or was it just created by humans in order for the desire to be on top of the many levels of social hierarchy?