Conflict is driven more by competition within states than between states: too many elites compete for too few status positions.
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State conflict
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Too many elites. Too few status positions, and so they're competing against each other, and this drives a lot of conflict. So that's the..."
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"Too many elites. Too few status positions, and so they're competing against each other, and this drives a lot of conflict. So that's the..."
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