Assuming we agree with the concept of Cultural Revolution. Does it make sense for a Revolutionary Party to start thinking about the nature of the CR early on, before taking power, or does it only makes sense to consider it once the whole country becomes revolutionary and that we can study the objective conditions on the new revolutionary society? I'm leaning towards the later, but then again, I am also under the impression that the former is possible (e.g. Black liberation movements in the US tried to do some version of CR) and that the earlier it starts being theorized, the better.
That is the impression I have too, but I also question whether it shouldn't start already during the early stage of the moment, maybe in a lighter form, to avoid the situation the CPC faced where so many people were purged at once that many positions were left unfilled and lead to the recall of, for example, Deng.