I had thought much the same before, focusing on the theatrics, until I started working with a startup with lawyers and for lawyers. There was also a family matt

I had thought much the same before, focusing on the theatrics, until I started working with a startup with lawyers and for lawyers. There was also a family matter that deeply affected my wife and I. My wife worked with a lawyer to regain custody of her child back from a screwed up situation. The product I was helping to write was related to what was affecting my family. There is a lot of thought put into policy and governance -- of what to do when the group of people are too large for everyone to know each other. Further, when I was introduced to the book Crucial Conversation, I realized that resolving conflicts among people without shared narrative does not have to happen this way. The book talks quite a bit about the typical reactions to crucial conversations -- violence and silence. That's exactly what I keep seeing when I see people talk about politics now, in the Trump era. So I disagree: the theatrics and narrative building is not the backbone of politics, though I will agree that those theatrics and narrative building is one of the core tools people typically use to gain and wield political power. There's the tool -- which may have alternatives -- and then there is what you are trying to accomplish with that tool. And thus, I come back to: How much of the political theater is affected by this? Isn't there a way for people to be inclusive and respectful of individuals?