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The differentiation of jobs and positions in a society and the rank ordering of people by status will inevitably produce conflict groups which bring latent conflict into the open. People become aware they have interests in common with others like them in position and status (Dahrendorf 1959). Those interests will center around common grievances and goals. Group members recognize other groups whose interests will oppose theirs. The initial stage of group formation may not involve real group-consciousness. But at some point, leaders will emerge and group formation will become conscious and deliberate. Members will make decisions about raising group self-awareness, clarification of group interests and goals, likely allies and enemies, and so forth. At that point, the character of the struggle will be decided. Group members may then have their best opportunity to determine the conflict's costs for them.