The ways of undermining the autonomy of a collective are many and insidious. The call for unity can no longer be responded to automatically. The time has come to question the motives and effectiveness of such actions-and to feel good (i.e. correct) in doing so. Jargon is pidgeon talk and is meant to make us feel stupid and powerless. Because collective action is not organized as a mass, it does not have to rely on the call of unity in order to act.
Does "one divide into two "or "two fuse into one?" This question is a subject of debate in China and now here. This debate is a struggle between two conceptions of the world. One believes in struggle, the other in unity. The two sides have drawn a dear line between them and their arguments are diametrically opposed. Thus, you can see why one divides into two.
free translation from The Red Flag
Peking. September 21. 1964
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