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Why is Che Guevara disliked in the United States?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on October 19, 2007 by lew333

Take time to analyze this video

  

            I find it very interesting when I see videos like this, which make sarcastic and unethical criticism of Che and Communism. They don’t realize that the United States has killed way more people than Che Guevara. It is very sad to see this in professional television. I am not generalizing about America or American media, but I think in cases like this, one should make reality be known.

 

            It is obvious that Che Guevara is not commonly viewed as a heroic figure here in the states like in a lot of countries around the world, from South America to South Africa Che is admired and respected. By the way I am not including the ignorant teenagers that wear Che Guevara t-shirts, since most of these young pop culture followers do not have the sketchiest idea of what Che stands for.

            How could we explain the dislike for Che Guevara in the United States, when so many people in the world venerate him? There is a simple answer for this question that may puzzle our minds. The answer lies behind the United States economical system and international politics. Che Guevara was against both, and he not only made this known to the public through his persuasive speeches, but also took action to fight for what he believed was right. Che Guevara fought for a pure form of democracy, which is founded on the basis of a well administered communist system, not the kind led by Stalin, which was not even communism; it was abuse of power in the name of communism.

            Che Guevara was against inequality, stratification of races, corruption and imperialism, things that the United Sates was promoting indirectly through its presence in countries all over the world. The Unites States backed up a corruptive elite in Bolivia and Cuba. It went to Vietnam for no apparent reason, just to fight that thing called communism, which just as capitalism is a system of economy whose ultimate goal is utopia. However, the United States irrationally thought this thing called communism was going to take over the world, and therefore interfere with their economical power; clearly when invading Vietnam they were led by their egorism.