Triality, exotics and the dynamical basis of the quark model

A non-relativistic three-triplet model with a simple two-body interaction is shown to bind only qq and qqq states. Three triplets and unobserved charmed states are crucial in preventing binding of 4qq and 2 qq systems. They provide repulsive channels to make the qq and 3q systems behave like ``neutral atoms'' with canceling attractive and repulsive forces between them and additional quarks. The ratio of qq and qq interactions is just right to bind the qq and 3q systems properly while leaving the qq system with the mass of a quark.