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>>/46247/ > Religious people can have other reasons to be disgruntled. Like they might live in poverty. And those in poverty can be incited to action. Many Sunnis probably aren't happy that the previously minor Alawites rose to a prominent position in society over the past century and would rather want that pesky outgroup to remain irrelevant. This ties into socioeconomic factors, as the poor can be mobilized against an outgroup disproportionately represented in the ruling class.