Institutional cohesion norms suppressed open dissent within the soldier group.

Evidence

The argument continued for a while, widening the divide between the two groups, until it petered out somewhere between respectful differences and a bad taste in your mouth. The Marine Corps drills into its troops the idea that they’re all green, that a fractured and divided group of soldiers is a liability. Ultimately, that was the value that triumphed. Although some soldiers played the movie over and over, Sami and many others refused to watch it again. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 288

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the social-capital literature: internalized norms of group loyalty function as a disciplinary mechanism that suppresses individual expression. Also connects to the book’s running theme of identity and belonging under pressure. — connects to: A shared meeting setting suppresses volunteered political speech that members hold privately. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 98; Socialists avoided the word crowd, favoring collective solidarity instead — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 103; Movement leaders suppress internal critiques to protect unity — Silke Roth, Intersectionality and coalitions in…, 151