virginia these two families for generations have been farming the land and randolph mccoy and it mustave been stolen from his farm in the we could convince him to drop it so then toan organize a trial and then that was a great experience for him but but the problem is that hatfield and ivmccoy's and a full year and a half after the trial getting in a fight with the witness who testified against them in athe big trial and they beat the man to death so this is when he s became combusted the rosa stabbing in the supreme court case and women were b and 80 people were drawn. so. >> one but it's been made salient by these leaders. . . . . it's thatot collective that fes true and it's our perception so this group identity particularly when there are two, something about binary, our particular political system of a win or take all system where the two-party system is designed for high conflict based on what we know for human behavior. those oppositional groups doesn't bring out our best as humans i think is fair to say. >> one of the things i was fascinated or curious to talk to you about, wh

from the hatfield and mccoy's feud which many people have heard of but very quickly in 1878, randolph mccoy visited hatfield's farm, in the sandy river, side-by-side for generations, farming the land, randolph mccoy thought he recognized one of the pigs on hatfield's farm and must've been stolen, no one could convince him to drop it. mccoy complained to the authorities, organized the trial, mccoy lost the trial and wasn't a great experience for him but he let it roll off and everything moved on. it was a group conflict because the hatfield and mccoy's and many relatives in the area, a year and 1/2 after the trial, a few of mccoy's nephews got enough fight, a witness testified against mccoy in the pig trial and beat the man to death, this is the moment the feud became combusted, a high conflict small dispute morphed into an intractable one and in the next decade there was a stabbing, supreme court case, women were beaten, 80 people drawn into the feud across the region. i explain this to say one of the conditions that leads to high conflict are powerful group identities that are made salient

wests virginia these two families had lived side-by-side for generations farming the land and randolph mccoy thought that he recognized one of the on lloyd hatfield farm and it must have been stolen from his farm. no one could convince him to drop it. a quite complained to the authorities and organize a trial. mccoy lost the trial and you know that wasn't a great experience for him but he let it roll off and everyone moved on. the problem is the hatfield mccoy's and the many relatives all over the area. for a year and a half after the trial a few of the employee's nephews got into a fight and testified against mccoy in the big trial and they beat the man to death. this is the moment the feud became a high conflict dispute a morphed into an intractable one over therp course of the next decade there was a stabbing vigilante shooting and supreme court case. women were beaten, 80 people got drawn to the feud across the nation. i explained this to say that one of the conditions that reliably lead to high conflict and every case i've looked at are powerful group identities that are made salient by