Yeah, you have respect for a guy who starved his own people, persecuted people for their sexuality, and killed and imprisoned his own people for trying to live a life better than being dirt poor scum.
so because he didn’t bow down to American interests, and the other things I already stated…we should ignore all the bad stuff he did and the absolute imposition of his will on the country?
Surely all criticism is bad, and i’m such a uncle tom because I acknowledge that castro’s special brand of socialism is just as dumb. Good intentions don’t absolve you, otherwise Hitler, Mao, and Lenin should be regarded as great men and leaders.
Che was and still is more popular than Castro worldwide. Probably because he chose not to take part in government and become as stained and instead died young for his ideals.
People are judged differently in times of war.
He was appaled by the brutal methods of the Congolese rebels. Other Communists wouldnt be.
Cuba also supported various leftists groups in Central and Latin America, so they werent so insignificant in the region.
Speaking of Fidel, in my art class in High School, I sat next to this weird ass Chinese girl and it was obvious she got all her news on Info Wars/Conspiracy Websites and was telling me how Fidel Castro died a long time ago and has had a body double.
It was so weird because she would talk to me about conspiracy theorires she later went to juvie or some shit lol.