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Domineering-Bullies often require other people to echo the alienation chosen by the Domineering- Bullies, and to Reject-Cooperation with the people whom the Domineering-Bullies have Alienated-by-Choice; Labeling them as: Enemies, Evil-People, Traitors, Foreigners, Defective, Hopeless, etc. Domineering-Bullies often demand, as a badge-of-honor, loyalty to their chosen Forms- of-Alienation and of Destructive-Life-Styles and their Foundational: Ideals, Values, Principles, Virtues, Goals, Hopes, Expectations, Cooperation, Friendships, Gangs, Coalitions, Armies, etc. To Domineering-Bullies: friendships-and-intimacies are always risky; to be kept shallow as utilitarian arrangements to serve their own current purposes. For Domineering-Bullies: No person who is: different, strange, or a stranger - - - can be trusted; unless they agree to conform fully in some significant way - - - that proves their loyalty to the Domineering-Bullies' Life-Style. For Domineering-Bullies: Alienation is always safer than imprudent: trust, tolerance or cooperation. Domineering-Bullies who are accustomed to being alienated - - - are likely to choose More-Alienation - - - rather than to chose the risks of trusting a stranger who has not demonstrated Thoughtless-Loyalty to the Domineering-Bullies' Life-Style. The result is; of course, Exponential-Growth in Alienation - - - And Exponential-Decay in Cooperation, Colaboration, Openness, Honesty, Dialogue and Authentic-Intimacies.