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The corollary to the conflict view that no one likes to see is that conflict is never resolved. Minor conflicts might be, but you can always shift the goal posts and find a new conflict - and there always has to be a new one to maintain a worldview based on power.

Conflict theory is for people who like to fight. People who like to fight will always find a fight.

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This reminds me of a family guy episode, where Brian, who is normally liberal, finds that all the pieces of power in the government are now democrat. So he switches sides and becomes a republican.

While the above example is made up, and satire. There definitely is a portion of people that love to fight the powers that be. In the US you can see these people in both parties.

It's like "The Dogs of War" who need permanent war, some kind of chaos to create possibilities for people like them.

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