Subjugated peoples cannot wait on the hegemon’s permission to organize militarily

Evidence

If the oppressed nation, in fact, before embarking on its struggle for independence, had to wait until the hegemonic State allowed it to organise its own army in the strict and technical sense of the word, it would have to wait quite a while. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 765

Categorization

• QUESTION: Implies a strategic rule: struggle must begin on the politico-military terrain precisely because the military terrain is monopolized by the oppressor.