A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. It cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another. Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.Live it, or live w/ it!
Quote lifted from DOC40, who added this visual aid:
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| A bolt-action rifle may not be the weapon of choice today. |
3 comments:
One of the big problems I see with armed insurrection:
If I muster ten they will muster 100.
If I muster 100 they will muster 1,000.
If I muster 1,000 they will muster 10,000.
If I, by some miracle, muster 10,000 they will muster 100,000.
And that does not even begin to cover how much better armed than I they are.
Until I can get the security forces onto my side the idea of fighting them is, at best, a fantasy.
Which does not mean that the quote is wrong. Political power does grow out of the barrel of a gun. It's just that they have so many more guns.
If Only Editor:
Until I can get the security forces onto my side the idea of fighting them is, at best, a fantasy.
Visual aid.
Visual aid.
Now that is political power.
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