>>2688320As shown by both the Russian and Chinese revolutions, infiltrating the enemy's military is an important aspect of the work. It just can't be the only aspect, because it's also necessary to grow the number of revolutionaries, and that's achieved by organizing within the working class. The US military is especially harsh on any attempts to organize their forces. It doesn't mean we can't spread ideas or put ourselves in positions to do sabotage, but it means we'll have much less success than with the civilian population.
Also it's not necessarily true that the military can easily stop an insurrection. Insurrection is a surprise attack by a large portion of the population on the forces already stationed in a city. All the military can do is come in later to try to root out the now entrenched insurgents, who are also the popular and legitimate governing force. The US has fought in similar conditions, and it only has two methods of dealing with it: 1. genocide the population, 2. turn on the money faucet and bribe the population to be loyal to the previously established government. The second one is the most dangerous because it actually works. The first method, killing everyone until they happen to kill all insurgents, or until the population gives in, can be countered somewhat with moving key leaders, money, equipment etc. to another city, and building bunkers and tunnels underground to evade bombs. Really if they go the genocide route there's nothing anyone can do to totally defend against it, but in a civil war setting they're also destroying their own economic base, and thus their logistics. I
n the stage in preparation for insurrection, they could really hamper us if they do intense information gathering and targeted killings/arrests (and they already know this, which is why they're doing everything they're doing), but it seems like they have some trouble actually following through on this, meaning there must be too many enemies of the state for them to risk the political unrest it would cause to suddenly kill us all. Also their surveillance is not perfect. The stage where we're still trying to grow the number of armed communists, and when they begin to use violent repression, is the most dangerous for us. We'll have to quickly re-organize in order to avoid deadly raids while not yet strong enough to make any offensive moves. T
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