Pecking
By developing a pecking order, animals determine which individuals will get priority of access to resources, particularly when they are limited; there is a reduction in aggression when a pecking order has been developed. Therefore, the proximate functions of a pecking order are to reduce the costs of time, energy and risk of injury incurred during resource acquisition and defence.
Q is telling us, that cabal is forced to pick individuals who get priority in their ranks.
It is reducing possibility of WW war.
They are starving.
Weaker ones will sing.