A more sensible way to think about where conversations need to be broken up, that’s not topic, is format. In a physical space, the analogy might be—if half of my guests are drinking wine from expensive stemware and half of my guests are playing Twister, I might send the Twister players into another room so they don’t elbow-knock a glass of Chablis.... See more
you can estimate the quality of someone’s opinions about large scale social systems by evaluating their experience as a small scale organiser
if you can’t create harmonious relationships in a collective of 15 ppl, why should I trust your opinion about policing or governance?