<p>what do u think about Ernesto "Che" Guevara.......i loved The Motorcycle Diaries....but according to this guy: <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2107100/%5B/url%5D">http://www.slate.com/id/2107100/</a> thats bad cuz he did many things that isnt shown...............what do u think?</p>
<p>I know people who wear t-shirts with his face on it. They think it's cool.</p>
<p>Uh, no. He's a villain.</p>
<p>He killed or ordered the killing of dissidents. People sometimes respond to me saying "Batista supporters deserved to be killed" but they ignore the fact many of the counter-revolutionaries fought and protested because of farm collectivisation.</p>
<p>Also, he put homosexuals, gypsies, and AIDS victims in labor camps (completely irrevelent to what he and Castro where trying to achieve).</p>
<p>I am very strongly against communism. Those who support it and/or think it's not that big of a deal (I'm excluding the communist leaders themselves) have absolutely no idea what living under communist rule is like.</p>
<p>i am against communism cuz it can never be carried correctly...people are too imperfect.....but its an ok idea...sorta.................im no commmie....but "equality" isnt that bad</p>
<p>imagine how diff Cuba would be if Che stayed around?.....For worse perhaps? i also meant to ask....how ppl feel about the CIA assassinating him</p>
<p>Spinach, this question is certainly not meant to be offensive in any way, but have you lived under Communism?</p>
<p>"i am against communism cuz it can never be carried correctly...people are too imperfect.....but its an ok idea...sorta.................im no commmie....but "equality" isnt that bad"</p>
<p>I disagree. I think that Communism has existed throughout the world in most, if not all, prehistoric societies. Centuries of individualism and private property make Communism extremely unfamiliar for Western people.</p>
<p>ok..thats what i meant...that people that have become accustomed to being above others...and having their own things.......making it hard for it to be used for them</p>
<p>Che is seen as the sign of any type of revolution/revolutionary thought in Europe -- he's become more of a symbol for not blindly following the system than for himself. Using him for that reason, as an educate dperson who fully understands the implications of wearing his likeness, fine -- but most people who wear the Che shirts don't know the not-so-positive side. You don't exactly see people walking around with Saddam Hussein shirts.</p>
<p>And as for Communism, pure Marxist philosophy is a great idea, but, since humans are governed by selfishness and are thus fallible, it can never be realized in a real world.</p>
<p>Nomir_dva, all my family's lived under communism, yes. But I personally haven't. That's it, I'm not getting into details...</p>