Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Planning for life after a revolution undermines the revolutionary spirit and serves existing power structures.
- In plain terms
- Making plans for after the revolution shows you oppose real change.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid planning outcomes that preserve current power structures.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is planning seen as counter revolutionary?
- How do you sustain a movement without goals?
Another view
It ignores the need for stability and reconstruction after conflict.
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