also:

Then why are you sitting around!

Remember comrades, be optimistic not because it’s logical but because it’s the only option

if people got how little time we had, there would be chaos.

Then put on your diving chain and most grotesque straps. The work must continue.

the long march proves that you have to endure years upon years of defeat after defeat until the forces that are trying to prevent the revolution inevitably fuck up so that you’re there to capitalize (pun intended) on it.