There's an old military saying, "Plans are worthless, but planning is everything". It means things never happen like you planned for, but the more you plan, the more options you have for responding.
In the context of social change I've been thinking it might be accurate to say "the organisation is worthless but organising is everything." The actual group or party may fail, but the fact that people have connected creates more social resources for people-power.
@Loukas That phrasing sure is unintuitive.
@big_louse @Loukas The "why" question is a bit more obvious in that one.
With the answer of "precisely predicting complex/chaotic systems is impossible within a usable timeframe".
With the "organizing is everything, organization is nothing"
I believe the Russian narodniks criticized by Lenin (they were anarchist leaning iirc) called this concept "organization as process" basically the present form is less important that the process of adapting , the best mode of organization is fluid and shouldn't be allowed to ossify. Its the journey not destination &c
> the present form is less important
> than the process of adapting
Another variant of this I guess is that regarding decision making, the most important thing is not the decision that was taken, but the process by which you arrive at the decision.
(Maybe also related to this, I think there is some kind of military principle saying that the most important thing is not what decision you took, but that you were able to take a decision and then act accordingly.)
