Compromise is the only concrete method for unifying allied forces

Evidence

And, since two “similar” forces can only be welded into a new organism either through a series of compromises or by force of arms, either by binding them to each other as allies or by forcibly subordinating one to the other, the question is whether one has the necessary force, and whether it is “productive” to use it. If the union of two forces is necessary in order to defeat a third, a recourse to arms and coercion (even supposing that these are available) can be nothing more than a methodological hypothesis; the only concrete possibility is compromise. Force can be employed against enemies, but not against a part of one’s own side which one wishes rapidly to assimilate, and whose “good will” and enthusiasm one needs. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 719

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to hegemony and leadership (direction vs domination) that later Islamophobia readings build on.