Unprepared

Seth Godin is Unprepared.

We've been so terrified into the importance of preparation, it's spilled over into that other realm, the realm of life where we have no choice but to be unprepared.

If you demand that everything that happens be something you are adequately prepared for, I wonder if you’ve chosen never to leap in ways that we need you to leap. Once we embrace this chasm, then for the things for which we can never be prepared, we are of course, always prepared.

Emphasis Mine

We are never prepared for the revolution. The Bolshevik Party was caught off-guard by the February Revolution. The preparations for the October Revolution were made in a rush in the face of rapidily changing events.

Yet, the Bolshevik Party was able to carry out the successful insurrection because it had forged itself in many actions beforehand. There was always the cycle of experience, reflection, and action. This training was invaluable in facing sudden problems.

It also helps to have a correct theory to work off. Theory gives one options. The more correct the theory is, the closer the options correspond to reality.

This also applies to the opposition. Their incorrect theory prevents them from seeing options that could benefit their cause. They have to revert to outright brutality and force because they no longer control or understand events.