# faction (inner)

A group inside a group, whose members set walls against the other members.

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection), [inside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-inside.spatial), [member](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-member.social), [set](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-set.fix), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [against](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-against.opposition)

**Through:** A collective self can hold a second, smaller boundary inside the first; members of the inner one keep the outer group's walls only where they do not cross its own.

**Novel properties:**
- a boundary inside a boundary
- loyalty split between two levels

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-faction.inner*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-faction.inner.json*  
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