A useful idea can become destructive when its advocates turn it into an exclusive doctrine. The French procurement dispute links those hardened positions to disruption in both industry and the process of ordering ships. The argument for moderation is expressly limited: it does not mean that every extreme ideology has value. A promising starting point still needs limits, because repeated escalation can turn it into a demand that everything else be abandoned.
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Doctrine becomes destructive when treated as an absolute
The French procurement dispute illustrates how a useful starting idea can become an exclusive doctrine that damages the wider force.