Boundaries

Boundaries: When drawing distinctions between possible set of action between actors, the formation of boundaries and, by extension, hierarchies develop--

For example:

A --> B (A can do something to B)

BUT: C -\-> B (C can't do the same thing to B)

Thus, A has certain actions/behaviors that can exist--

Question: Does "C"-type action have some exclusivity that is independent of "A"-type bahvaior?

Answer: Yes. A and C have different types of behavior that can be shared with B. That is-- the A&B behavior set and the B&C behavior set are unique.

The uniqueness of the behavior is differentiated and placed in a hierarchy when placed in a domain that holds differential value with respect to A-B or B-C bonds.
______________________________
{_____________________________}
{____A=B bonds are____________}
{_________preferred to________} Environment "A" preference
{____________B-C bonding______}
{_____________________________}
Fig A: Environment "A" that prefers A-B bonding

There exists some social forces that place pressure on the formation and valuation of bonding for A-B.

Perhaps the value of a bond is related to how much easier it is to sustain that bond independent of the structure that supports it--I.e., if it is a bond that has power outside its preferred environment, then that bond has more "value".

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INTERPRETATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN:

Within a situation, there will always be someone who has a closer relationship with someone else than you do. With respect to the limited set of activities that you can't perform that the other person can, that other person holds more value to any third party outside that situation, because only that other person holds access to a set of activities that you cannot allow access to.