Beyond these abstractions, there is a simple and gritty fact that the retrograde should take time to digest: in the long-run, coalitions don’t work. While fellowships are, by nature, relational, coalitions are mechanical. Coalitions are prone to factiousness and infighting, since maintaining order and cohesion in a body made up of a motley assortment of ideological actors with deviating interests is an exercise in futility.
