Trotsky held that a harder revolutionary struggle yields firmer post-victory power

Evidence

The double oppression, social and sexual, of the woman cracks and is finally shattered; and its essential nature as the social oppression of the family as a whole is revealed. It is simply that its weakest parts—the children, the elderly, the women—must bear the most exaggerated forms of oppression. But in the revolutionary struggle, the relative weakness, the apparent defenselessness of these groups disappear. What was formerly a disadvantage becomes an advantage for the revolution. The old man or woman who walks with halting steps past the military patrol, the timid woman hiding behind a veil, the innocent-faced child do not seem to the enemy to be dangers or threats. So they can pass arms, information, medicine. They can prepare surprise attacks, serve as guides and sentries. They can even take up arms themselves. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 14 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The oppressed group’s apparent weakness becomes a revolutionary advantage against the enemy — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 14

Related

• The oppressed group’s apparent weakness becomes a revolutionary advantage against the enemy (similarity 0.85)
• The revolution transforms the family’s apparent weakness into strategic advantage (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• The oppressed group’s apparent weakness becomes a revolutionary advantage against the enemy #expands (0.78) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 14