Party unity must rest on conviction, not mechanical coercion.

Evidence

The party must hold together in a dialectical unity the two levels “of force and of consent, authority and hegemony, violence and civilisation, of agitation and of propaganda, of tactics and of strategy”. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 595 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Modern Caesarism operates through party and union coercion, not military coups; External institutional pressure solidified party solidarity behind a failing leader.; Effective revolutionary parties unite force with consent dialectically — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 595

Broader Connections

• External institutional pressure solidified party solidarity behind a failing leader. #contradicts (0.78)
• Effective revolutionary parties unite force with consent dialectically #qualifies (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 595
• Modern Caesarism operates through party and union coercion, not military coups #complicates (0.72)