Force cannot assimilate one’s own side, only compromise can

Evidence

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: Distinction between force-against-enemies and consent-for-allies anticipates the hegemony/coercion-consent pair the reader’s toolkit needs. — connects to: Peace purchased by submission to force is worthless — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 285; Compromise is the only concrete method for unifying allied forces — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 719; Severe ideological rifts cannot be cured by pure force, only rearranged — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1022 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Peace purchased by submission to force is worthless — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 285; Compromise is the only concrete method for unifying allied forces — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 719; Severe ideological rifts cannot be cured by pure force, only rearranged — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1022 (+1 more)