It must function. If no one uses it, then the theory is worthless and the theoretician ceases to be a theoretician. We don't revise a theory, but construct new ones. A theory does not totalize. It is in the nature of power to totalize.
Theory is by nature opposed to power.
The notion of reform is stupid and hypocritical. Either they are designed by representatives and lead to a division of power or they arise from the complaints and demands of those concerned. This is no longer a reform but a revolutionary action that questions the totality of power and the hierarchy that maintains it. This is evident is prisons. Our social system is totally without tolerance.