What you're calling "coalition building", I think of as "consensus building". And not only do I think of it as important, I think that it is literally the job o

What you're calling "coalition building", I think of as "consensus building". And not only do I think of it as important, I think that it is literally the job of elected officials, especially after they've been elected. Right now I don't even see coalitions being built by major political parties. I see political organization being transmogrified into factions and enemies. I recognize that there are millions of dedicated activists and organizers who are building coalitions, building consensus, reworking political narratives. For all that human effort to be channeled through the grimey distorting lens of left and right... Its wasteful at best. I absolutely agree that issues are what's important. Unhooking the issues from the gridlock of corrupt political establishments would give elected officials the freedom to build consensus beyond the coersion of corrupted political parties.