@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agoWhat widely-praised historical figure do you think was actually not very admirable when you scrutinize them?message-square49arrow-up172arrow-down11
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhat widely-praised historical figure do you think was actually not very admirable when you scrutinize them?@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square49
minus-square@waterboganlinkEnglish3•edit-21 year agoWhy is this so far down? Not a nice person some verified, well-documented quotes from Guevara himself: “Individualism must disappear!” “I am the most important thing in the world…” (I suppose the irony escaped him.) “Certainly, we execute! And we will continue executing as long as it is necessary!” “We don’t need proof. We manufacture the proof.” “Besides, to execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.” “I’d like to confess, Papa, at that moment I discovered that I really like killing.” “The happiest days of a youth’s life is when he watches his bullets reaching an enemy.” “The people’s cooperation can often be coaxed by the use of systemic terror.”
Why is this so far down? Not a nice person
some verified, well-documented quotes from Guevara himself:
“Individualism must disappear!”
“I am the most important thing in the world…” (I suppose the irony escaped him.)
“Certainly, we execute! And we will continue executing as long as it is necessary!”
“We don’t need proof. We manufacture the proof.”
“Besides, to execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.”
“I’d like to confess, Papa, at that moment I discovered that I really like killing.”
“The happiest days of a youth’s life is when he watches his bullets reaching an enemy.”
“The people’s cooperation can often be coaxed by the use of systemic terror.”