to build consensus about where we're going (namely just "a fairer and more transparent world")

Consensus binds free thinking, hence making transparency (perception) opaque (suggestion). Also...what's fairer than being given free will of choice?

what constitutes "excessive, unnecessary"

Is arguing necessary? If not...is it excessive to argue against one another? If it is, then what for?

If one argues to prove or refute a proposition to another, then doesn't one ignore that nature proposes being, which neither requires proof, nor refutation?

to build consensus about where we're going (namely just "a fairer and more transparent world")

Consensus binds free thinking, hence making transparency (perception) opaque (suggestion). Also...what's fairer than being given free will of choice?

what constitutes "excessive, unnecessary"

Is arguing necessary? If not...is it excessive to argue against one another? If it is, then what for?

If one argues to prove or refute a proposition to another, doesn't one ignore that nature proposes being, which neither requires proof, nor refutation?

to build consensus about where we're going (namely just "a fairer and more transparent world")

Consensus binds free thinking, hence making transparency (perception) opaque (suggestion). Also...what's fairer than being given free will of choice?