The dialectical world is a conflictual one, comprised of different forces contending not for dominance so much as position. In the dialectical relationship, each side needs its opposite – that is the prerequisite for conversation. The aim of contention is not to destroy the opposition, but to find parity with it, to "coexist." In the emerging, globally monological world, the aim is quite the opposite, that is, to destroy opposition and dissention, to remove any impediment to the dominance of one. In the new world order, wars are still fought, but they are wars of eradication. The aim is to smooth the way for a single point of view, a single way of living and thinking. Conflict is seen as an almost biological necessity, not a matter of considered choice.
[...] In the emerging monological culture, one deprived of dialectic and dialogue, dissention does not count. You are either with us or against us. You are either in the game, or you are out.

Lebbeus Woods, The Storm and The Fall (Princetion Architectural Press, 2004) pp. 17-19