@zkatkat thanks for this. re: your 3rd para, sometimes i think about the kinds of differences of opinion that are considered consequential, that have become major rifts in some cases, in typical FOSS cultures. eg the stereotypes about bikeshedding etc. and i think for us to act as one big faction there needs to be a shift on the basics of what's considered a consequential disagreement - as you say, anything that "threatens the good of what we have built together". the rest is largely just details.