We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but even they do a dual job, warfare and production. With these two kinds of armies, and with a fighting army skilled in these two tasks and in mass work, we can overcome our difficulties and defeat Japanese imperialism.

"Get Organized!" (November 29,), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 153.

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Making the low-ranking grunts do menial labor is just a thing in the military. Not even as punishment necessarily but also as busywork.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

conditioning too, gotta learn to do anything for as long as told whenever told