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When conflict arises, intergroup clashes within individuals can mean boundaries after the conflict is resolved. Simmel believed that we should deal with common conflicts only because we have to. He explains his reasoning: “If we had no power and right to oppose tyranny, obstinacy, caprice, and tactlessness, we could not endure intercourse with people who betray such characteristics” (Simmel 1904:493). We go through these positive and negative conflicts every day and if we couldn't bear them, they wouldn't happen. Within Simmel's conflict theory, there are two groups of men with respect to “society”. There is an individual and individuals who make up a society. This concept of conflict revisits the idea of ​​competition for resources. The resources necessary for thin survival are obtainable for the elite through the poorer class; while this class suffers ultimately. While both can relate conflict theory to the same realm, Cower notes the flaws in Simmel's research. In stating that Simmel fails to mention that there are other ways besides conflict that can access similar tension-relieving functions. Cowser also noted that Simmel did not distinguish the difference between two essential elements, hostile feelings and conflict behavior. (Cowser