Originally posted by Leo
[email protected] 21, 2007 07:21 pm
che is a communism symbol, right?
Well... no, he is not in my opinion.
this means he is a symbol of the idea if he is shown like that it's like the idea lies with skeleton if you get what i mean...
Again, I don't. Communism is not a "nice idea"; it is a material necessity born out of the class society we live in which is leading us into barbarism; specifically something born out of the independent movement of the working class. In no sense can communism, or the working class, be reduced to be symbolized in the form of an individual person.
when i say che is alive i say it 'cause that's how i feel, he still lives in those who fight for the revolution
This seems like a metaphysical approach to me. The exalting of "martyrs" is a common phenomenon in the "left" (it is also a common phenomenon in religion with the glorification of saints), yet I don't think that it is an healthy one. Communists struggle with and in their class and therefore for their class; we don't really have anyone living in us. We are fighting for a better life ourselves; revolution or communism is not a belief.
it is not metaphysical or whatever I'm a materialist there's not higher power or life after death or anything like that but i believe in people and i think that's not wrong, my granpa was a rebel and he fought in the WW2 and the greek civil war and he was exiled for 5 years he's been through a lot still he never denied his beliefs, he's a symbol for me not only of communism, a symbol of courage and self-denial, just like Che and if you do not agree i will not argue... lie with the skeletons whatever...