The real puzzle is why outgroups stop acquiescing to authority

Evidence

And who does not know that extreme rebels lay claim to nothing less than sovereign authority, against the claims of incumbent authorities? I do not mean to be sardonic. The point of the argument is that the “interesting” issues (those that really need explaining) always are a step removed from those Tilly faces: Why do “outgroups” actually (not latently) come to want “in,” where before they acquiesced? Under what conditions do people come to perceive the illegitimacy of a pattern of governmental authority, rather than continue to acquiesce? — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4380

Categorization

• QUESTION: The two questions posed—why outgroups cease to acquiesce and under what conditions authority looks illegitimate—are open research hooks worth pursuing.