The Che Guevera brand

[cd27]

It is often the case that people wear T-shirts of so-called "heros" they know nothing about...next time you see a person wearing a Che t-shirt, ask him or her have they ever read a single book about the man? even 1 book?

The Che Guevara Brand - Art Carden - Mises Institute

"Ironically, anticapitalist crusader and left-wing icon Che Guevara has turned into a brand name revered by people the world around, which brought me to Alvaro Vargas Llosa's The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty.

Llosa argues that Guevara replaced Batista's tyranny with his own. After taking Havana, "Guevara murdered or oversaw the executions in summary trials of scores of people — proven enemies, suspected enemies, and those who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time" (p. 11). Guevara slaughtered some of his enemies and tortured others by simulating executions (p. 11). During his time in charge of La Cabana prison, Guevara oversaw numerous summary executions (p. 12–13). "Counterrevolutionaries," dissidents, and others were sent to a hard labor camp for "crimes against revolutionary morals, to a lesser or greater degree," in Che's words (pp. 16–17)."

[20000miles]

[Fr. Fahey]

Well he was more photogenic than your bog standard Stalinist serial killer. You would not sell too many Lavernty Beria t shirts!

[sauntersplash]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_Sell

[lapsedmethodist]

Llosa. Apologist for rightwing regimes under the cover of a concern for democracy.

Yawn.

[cd27]

Well if you think it's acceptable to take peoples' property just because a majority says it's okay...no doubt you'd kill the minority if that was the majority view too.

[sauntersplash]

Well if you think it's acceptable to take peoples' property just because a majority says it's okay...no doubt you'd kill the minority if that was the majority view too.

That's quite a big step you're taking there fella.

[shmuck]

That's quite a big step you're taking there fella.

Big steps for big mouths,put him on a platform and he would s*it his pants.At least Che put his money where his mouth was,If he were alive today?...well.

[Evil Eco-Fascist]

Socialist Revolutionary Pizza

[Jock_the_Waster]

where the hell can I buy that shirt?

brilliant!